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1、WhenthebiologistLewisThomaswasaskedwhatmessagehethoughtmankindshouldtaketoothercivilizationsinspace,hereplied:“IwouldsendthecompleteworksofJohannSebastianBach.”Butthatwouldbeboasting.“Thereisnomusicofgreateremotionaldepththanthis,butitisofthehighestorder.Musiccanbeintellectuallyc
2、omplexandyetcompletelyintriguingandoverwhelmingemotionally.”“IftherehadbeennoBach,itprobablywouldhavebeennofurtherhistoryofmusicasweknowit.TherewouldnothavebeenMozartasweknowhim,therewouldnothavebeenBeethovenasweknowhim,therewouldnothavebeenromanticeraasweknowit.Everyperiodofmusi
3、chasbeeninformedtosomeextentbytheexampleofBach.”“Ican'timagineaworldwhereyouwouldn'tplayBach,he'sjusttooimportant.”WhenJohannSebastianBachdiedin1750,hewasmournedmoreasanorganistandkeyboardplayerthanasacomposer,andforalmost100yearsafterhisdeath,hisworkwasknownmainlytoconnoisseursa
4、ndprofessionalmusicians.Yettoday,theresonantpowerofhisworkandthedepthofhisinfluenceisregardedasoneofthegreatestachievementsinthehistoryofmusic.BachbelievedthattheaimandfinalreasonofmusicshouldbenoneelsebutthegloryofGodandtherecreationofthemind.Hissacredandsecularmusicisseenasboth
5、theculminationofthebaroqueeraandthebeginningofthemodernage-perhapsthemostperformedmusicalaccompanimenttotheChristianritesofpassageofbirth,marriageanddeathinWesternculture.“Bachisthefirstgreatmoderncomposer.Hewasabletoarticulatetheinnerselfofmodernity.Andwearemodernpeople.Whenweli
6、stentoBachtherefore,welistenasitweretoafatherfigure,tosomebodywhoforgedourcultureatadeeperlevelthanthepurelycerebralorthephilosophicalandgivestoourfragmentedlivesagravitas,ahighseriousness,asenseofsignificancethattakesusbeyondthemuddledpresence,andhelpsustotouchsomethingtimelessa
7、ndeternal.thatisyetalsodeeplyWestern.”Theyoungestofeightchildren,BachwasborninEisenach,inthecentralGermanregionofThuringia,in1685.Atthetime,Thuringiawasalooseassemblyofsmallstates,dukedoms,principalitiesandfreecities.Almosteverylocalrulerboastedhisownbandofcourtmusiciansandeachci
8、tyhaditsownofficialmusicmakers.Italian,F
