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09-05-2006, 12:27 PM
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Just in case if you can't read it, Quote: Amazing Find in a Crate of Birthday Cards
The birthday cards, all dating from the 18th century, were packed in a crate that was removed from a library in Weimar, Germany just before it was devastated by a fire last September. Now researchers have meticulously sorted through those cards and found something quite extraordinary: a previously unknown composition by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Associated Press reports that the work for soprano and string or keyboard accompaniment was composed for a German duke's birthday when Bach was 28 years old and served as the duke's court organist. The composition, which is dated October 1713, is the first new music Bach to be found in three decades. There is no doubt about the authenticity of the handwritten, two-page score that was found by Michael Maul from the Bach Archiv Foundation. "It is no major composition, but an occasional work in the form of an exquisite and highly refined strophic aria, Bach's only contribution to a musical genre popular in late 17th-century Germany," Christoph Wolff, the foundation's director and a professor at Harvard University, told AP. These are the oldest handwritten music scripts of Bach.
The crate of antique birthday cards, all of which were given in honor of the German duke's 52nd birthday by various officials and clerics, was stored in the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, and was removed for restoration. Soon after, the library caught fire, and the room in which the crate had been stored was completely destroyed. "Otherwise the work would have been consumed by the flames and we would never have known of its existence," Wolff said. English conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner is preparing to record the newly found composition, reports AP.
| Pictures:  A restorer points to the signature of Johann Sebastian Bach on an original handwritten music script of the composer, during a press conference in Weimar, eastern Germany, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. The document, along with another script recently recovered in the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar dates around 1700 and is classified as the oldest handwritten music script of Bach. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)  Restorer Nanett Woithe presents the oldest original handwritten music scripts by composer Johann Sebastian Bach, during a press conference in Weimar, eastern Germany, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. The documents, recovered in the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar date around 1700 and are classified as the oldest handwritten music scripts of Bach. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)  Documents written by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) are pictured in the eastern German city of Weimar August 31, 2006. These are the earliest handwritten originals by Bach found during restorations in Weimar and shows his transcriptions of organ works by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) and Johann Adam Reinken (1643-1722). REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY)  Documents written by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) are pictured in the eastern German city of Weimar August 31, 2006. These are the earliest handwritten originals by Bach found during restorations in Weimar and shows his transcriptions of organ works by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) and Johann Adam Reinken (1643-1722). REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY)  The text for this picture is the same as the last two.
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09-05-2006, 12:32 PM
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They're gonna turn this into a new 2dx song liek wut | |
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09-05-2006, 01:00 PM
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#3 | | BUUUUU-UUUUHHHH
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That's freaking awesome! I wonder how it sounds like? | |
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09-05-2006, 01:02 PM
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That's so awesome. Now, will Banya remix them for the latest editions of PIU? | |
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09-05-2006, 03:54 PM
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That song is called "B," in case anyone was wondering. | |
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09-05-2006, 04:01 PM
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#6 | | assblasting dicksissle
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Where's CRH so he can play this? | |
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09-05-2006, 04:04 PM
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Good thing it was taken out. I wonder what it sounds like. | |
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09-05-2006, 04:32 PM
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#8 | | Trip and fall into sports.
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Originally Posted by God  That song is called "B," in case anyone was wondering. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by agentpyro003 That's so awesome. Now, will Banya remix them for the latest editions of PIU? | Ha ha.
Canon "B" anyone? lolz  | |
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09-05-2006, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by illusory_light That's so awesome. Now, will Banya remix them for the latest editions of PIU? | Fanboyism.
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09-05-2006, 06:42 PM
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#10 | | Trip and fall into sports.
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Fan GIRLism for me. 
Anyway, yeah, when someone can let me hear what it sounds like, let me know.^^ | |
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09-05-2006, 07:34 PM
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Anyway, yeah, when someone can let me hear what it sounds like, let me know.^^ | Pictures. | |
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09-05-2006, 08:06 PM
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Best birthday card EVER!!
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09-05-2006, 11:13 PM
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MAN I hope someone here can read tiny notes. Someone needs to play this and record it, like, RIGHT NOW.
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Does it even have a name?
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09-06-2006, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by illusory_light That's so awesome. Now, will Banya remix them for the latest editions of PIU? | Quote:
Originally Posted by God That song is called "B," in case anyone was wondering. | A single letter. Meets the requirements for some music game.
Someone should archive or sticky this and we'll be like "AWW SNAP" when we do see it in a game.
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09-06-2006, 06:03 PM
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And B rhymes with V.
...fuck.
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