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"There's
nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right
keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." --Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Baroque Harpsichord |
Italian Concerto (click on sheet music to listen) |
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Bach should be played on a genuine harpsichord such as the German double shown above, custom built by Eric Herz in 1990, a few years before his death. Eschewing rigid antiquarianism, it combines the best of the French and German traditions, each authentically. It is not quite unique, however: Having been requested to construct one just so, Eric liked it so much that he built a second and kept it in his Cambridge, Mass. shop. (If anyone knows its whereabouts, let me know.) The motto on the inside reads, Haec si contingant mundo quae gaudio coelo ("If this you may experience in the world, what must be the the joys of Heaven.") The motto is found on an instrument built by Hans Ruecker of Antwerp in 1658, now in the German National Museum. |
The monogram of J. S. Bach. All three letters are intertwined fugue-like both forward and backward. |
Bach as a young man.
The concerto was played on a keyboard using Korg T3 and Yamaha Y77 sound patches, sequenced with Voyetra software and saved in both ORC and MIDI versions. You are listening to the latter. A 44100 KHz (CD quality) digital audio (WAV) version of the ORC file converted to mp3 format will shortly replace the MIDI version that online can only drive your computer's sound-card. All of the high quality sampling and almost all musical expressiveness are lost.
The bust from which innumerable copies have been made.
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A commissioned manuscript in Bach's hand.
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Original Composition for Brass, (Copyright 1998, Jeffrey Satinover, All Rights Reserved) |
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Jazz |
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Kyle Ardock, Percussion Richard Bigg, Vibes & other Geoff Burke, Flute F. H. DerBaer, Bass Jeff Satinover, Keyboard featuring The "Fuzzy" Hess Brass Band Unless otherwise noted all compositions and/or arrangements by Jeffrey Satinover copyrights 1998-2002 all rights reserved. |
Sugar Gone Home
Art by R. J. Hohime |
The Oscar Peterson Trio (tinted sketch by JBS) Click title |
 Art by R. J. Hohime Right Beat Left Boogie Blues A 16-beat-to-the-bar Florida variation on a blues by Rickie-Lee Jones. Click above |
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Cools OutClick left to listen.
Art by R. J. Hohime
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A Wall Kin (Like This) Click title
Oil on Canvas, Julie Satinover, 2002 |
A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)
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