Measure The Music: J.S. Bach’s 1st Lute Suite BWV 996

By Jake Padilla

The 4th Measure of the Allemande in J.S. Bach’s 1st Lute suite BWV 996:

Road trips! Listening to Bach is often like traveling the lonely road. You’re always a little anxious as you’re left in the web of your own thoughts. But as nomadic instinct carries you onward you are composed by solitude… and somewhere in there is a little slice of heaven.

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