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January 9, 2017

Bach’s Religion and Bach’s Anti-Semitism

The great composer was a devout Christian, but what did he think of the Jews?

In his recent Bach & God, Michael Marissen argues that the great composer was a sincere believer and that faith animated his work far more than most scholars have assumed. Reviewing this and other books on the subject, Alex Ross pays special attention to the ways Bach depicted Jews:

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