. The organ works of Bach. 3zzi. w Fifty years before, a boy at Liineburg, Bachhad begun as a composer by writing choralevariations. Throughout his long career thechorale had been a never-failing source ofinspiration. He could not have rounded-off hislife more fittingly than by thus choosing for hisNunc dimittis the medium that, above all, hadserved him for the expression of his most intimatefeelings. 283 XII.—REGISTRATION. The modern player of Bachs string or claviermusic has a straightforward task compared withthat of the organist. The pianist may feel thatthe tone of his instrument is not q
. The organ works of Bach. 3zzi. w Fifty years before, a boy at Liineburg, Bachhad begun as a composer by writing choralevariations. Throughout his long career thechorale had been a never-failing source ofinspiration. He could not have rounded-off hislife more fittingly than by thus choosing for hisNunc dimittis the medium that, above all, hadserved him for the expression of his most intimatefeelings. 283 XII.—REGISTRATION. The modern player of Bachs string or claviermusic has a straightforward task compared withthat of the organist. The pianist may feel thatthe tone of his instrument is not quite what hewould choose for the ideal performance of certainSuites, but as the clavichord is obsolete, he hasonly to go ahead and regard the works as pianofortemusic. String tone now is pretty much what italways was, so the fiddler can play his Bachwithout worrying as to whether the result is likethat obtained by the composer. But the modernorganist has at his easy disposal a wealth andvariety of tone that make the organ of t
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