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WTF Bach @wtfbach.bsky.social · Sep 19
Thematic variations in the canons of A Musical Offering #bwv1079 #jsbach
Canons BWV 1079, J.S. Bach Musical Offering the Royal Theme and Melodic Variation, Development, Analysis
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Stop using gimmicks to entice people into embracing classical music, writes Evan Shinners, the host of the podcast “W.T.F. Bach.”
Opinion | Classical Music Doesn’t Need a Glow-Up
Concert halls and symphony orchestras try to lure younger listeners by mutilating the music. There’s a better way.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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My Guest Essay in the #NewYorkTimes @nytimes.com @nytimesoped.bsky.social
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Opinion | Bach Doesn’t Need a Glow-Up
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January 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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#BWV608 A Double Canon (4 Parts from 2 Lines) open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 120: A Double Canon (4 Parts from 2 Lines)
BWV 608, Gorgeous Chorale Prelude on 'In Dulci Jubilo'
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January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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NEW SPECIAL GUEST: Interview with organist Paul Jacobs open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 119: Special Guest! Paul Jacobs
Concert Organist, Chair of the Organ Department, Juilliard
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January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Ep. 118: How to Practice! (+ Advice for Teens)
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Ep. 118: How to Practice! (+ Advice for Teens)
Efficiency Advice from Classic Organ Method Books
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January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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#Well-TemperedClavier I Forgot C Minor! #BWV847 #JSBach open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 117: I Forgot C Minor! BWV 847
Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, and c minor Invention BWV 773
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December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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#BWV857 Chromatic Finale Of The First Half, f minor book one open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 116: Chromatic Finale Of The First Half, BWV 857
F minor, Book One, Well-Tempered Clavier
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December 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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A YouTube Mockery. Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
(5 Min. Rant) How To Twist A Shirt
YouTube These Days....Know a YouTuber?
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December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#JSBach F Major Prelude & Fugue, #BWV856 Well-Tempered Clavier open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 115: F Major Prelude & Fugue, BWV 856
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One (With some revisions to the e minor solo)
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December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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NEW EPISODE: Bach Improvises On His Prelude #bwv855 open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 114: Bach Improvises On His Prelude
Well-Tempered Clavier, e minor, E Major, BWV 854, 855
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Newly Discovered Bach Works (!) Heard TODAY -wow! open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 113: New Bach Works (!) Heard TODAY
Two Brand-New Chaconnes by J.S. Bach (Organ Works, 1705/1707)
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November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Rant: Our Self-Inflationary Language! open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
(5 min. Rant) Self-Inflationary Language
Actually. Yeah, no.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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#BWV853 E-flat or D-sharp minor? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 112: E-flat or D-sharp minor?
Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 853, Prelude and Fugue no. 8
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November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Helmut Walcha demonstrates the possibilities of organ registration: open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 111: The Blind Organist's Improvisations and Registrations
Helmut Walcha's Demonstrations from his 1947 Bach Cycle (Schnitger Organ, Cappel)
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October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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#Fugue! #BWV959 #jsbach Totally outrageous early Bach fugue. Enjoy!

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J.S. Bach, Fugue in a minor, BWV 959 (OPEN SCORE)
YouTube video by W.T.F. Bach
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October 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#BWV852 Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 110: Bach Put A Fugue Inside A Prelude?
Well-Tempered Clavier, E-Flat Major, BWV 852
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October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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J.S. Bach, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 (in OPEN SCORE)
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#Bach, #JohannSebastianBach, #BWV682, #VaterunserimHimmelreich, #Organchorale, #Leipzigchorales, #ClavierÜbungIII, #Baroqueorganmusic, #Organcounterpoint, #Churchmusic, #Bachchoraleprelude
J.S. Bach, Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 (in OPEN SCORE + Sheet Music)
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October 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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#AUDIOBOOK 'The Swimmer' by John #Cheever #JohnCheever open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 109: 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever
Audiobook, Short Story (1964)
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October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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#BWV851 #WellTempered #Bach D Minor Prelude and Fugue, Book One open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 108: Bach's D Minor Prelude and Fugue, Book One
Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 851, Analysis, Early Versions, Performance Practice
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October 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Double Dots in Bach? #BWV850 D Major Fugue, To Dot... or Not? open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
Ep. 107: D Major Fugue, To Dot... or Not?
'Double-Dotting' in Bach's BWV 850, Well-Tempered Book One
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September 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Brief Rant on Idioms and Proverbs:
"Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth" open.substack.com/pub/wtfbach/...
(6 Min. Rant) Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Idioms we use. Proverbs we shouldn't.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Thematic variations in the canons of A Musical Offering #bwv1079 #jsbach
Canons BWV 1079, J.S. Bach Musical Offering the Royal Theme and Melodic Variation, Development, Analysis
September 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The Musical Offering Analyzed #bwv1079 #JSBach #Canon #Counterpoint #MusicalOffering #BaroqueMusic #CrabCanon #Ricercare #CanonPerpetuus #Counterpoint #Contrapuntal #BachCanons #BachFugue #BachAnalysis #LateBach #MusicTheory #MathematicsInMusic #BachPotsdam #FrederickTheGreat #ClassicalMusicAnalysis
Ep. 106: What is Bach's 'Musical Offering?'
Volume 5 in the Complete Keyboard Works, TODAY
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September 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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REPOST!
VOLUME FIVE
is LIVE.
Evan Shinners, J.S. Bach Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 5 - YouTube
Volume FIVE in the complete keyboard works. A Musical Offering, #BWV1079 as well as the suite in f minor, #BWV823 TRACK LISTING: The Musical Offering, BWV 10...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM