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Music in the Castle of Heaven A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

Illuminating though the historical sections are, the book moves onto an entirely new level when the author writes out of his knowledge and experience of the Bach music he has conducted to such great acclaim

AT THE Weimar court chapel on Sundays in 1708, the music seemed to float down from Heaven. It came from an opening in the ceiling, high above the nave. Crowded together up there beneath the roof, the singers, organist and other musicians performed out of sight of the worshippers three storeys below.