{"id":1020,"date":"2013-03-14T21:58:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T19:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.germansuzuki.com\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2013-03-14T22:05:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T20:05:04","slug":"happy-birthday-johann-sebastian-bach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.germansuzuki.com\/?p=1020","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1021\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Bach\" src=\"https:\/\/en.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Dear Suzuki colleagues,<br \/>\ndear students and parents!<\/h2>\n<p>Next week, March 21, is the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).<br \/>\nI have prepared two items for you.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bach_for_children.pdf\">No. 1: Johann Sebastian Bach for children<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>How about a birthday party with your students? <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAttached you find a vivid encounter with the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, the article<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>A Journey Back in Time to the World of Johann Sebastian Bach<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nwill provide parents and students with anecdotes, challenging tasks and information about Bach and his personal circumstances. Students and parents should read this text together. Depending on the students\u2019 ages, the article is likely to raise many questions requiring explanation. While some students will only be able to complete the assignments with parental help, others may find them very easy. Group lessons are also an ideal forum for answering these questions, completing the assignments, or discussing particular aspects of Bach\u2019s life in more depth.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">No. 2:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.germansuzuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bach_for_teachers.pdf\">Johann Sebastian Bach for Suzuki teachers and parents<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Johann Sebastian Bach is the most frequently encountered composer in the Suzuki Violin School, appearing in most of the books, and consequently at each developmental level. <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nSuzuki was convinced that children who listened to music by Johann Sebastian Bach would absorb some of his character traits and feelings: \u201cWhen children grow up with the music of Bach, their souls will be directly influenced by Bach\u2019s spirit with its strong personality, deep religious earnestness, desire for order, and noble character. The life forces of children sense the traits of a composer and absorb them to bring them to life in themselves. I am certain that every heart capable of feeling music will assimilate its special radiance and its clear message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further topics are:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Original Compositions and Arrangements in the Baroque Period<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Arrangements in Instrumental Pedagogy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Suzuki colleagues, dear students and parents! Next week, March 21, is the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). I have prepared two items for you. 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