{"id":114029,"date":"2021-02-03T16:09:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcriterion.com\/2021\/02\/03\/music-for-a-while-41-well-tempered-and-catalan\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:15:26","slug":"music-for-a-while-41-well-tempered-and-catalan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcriterion.com\/2021\/02\/music-for-a-while-41-well-tempered-and-catalan\/","title":{"rendered":"Music for a While #41: Well-tempered and Catalan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/978516952&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thenewcriterion\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The New Criterion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The New Criterion<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thenewcriterion\/music-for-a-while-41-well-tempered-and-catalan\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Music for a While #41: Well-tempered and Catalan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Music for a While #41: Well-tempered and Catalan<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Subscribe to <\/em>The New Criterion<em>\u2019s podcast series via <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-new-criterion\/id1150824450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Apple<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjE2NjQ0MDE1My9zb3VuZHMucnNz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Google<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What a strange title. What could it mean? That Jay addresses \u201cThe Well-Tempered Clavier\u201d (both books), that masterpiece by Bach. And that he addresses music by Catalan composers. A successful mixture, we think you will find.<\/p>\n<p>Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C major, \u201cThe Well-Tempered Clavier,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9fU40nXwQts&#038;t=269s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Book II<\/a><br \/>\nMontsalvatge, two songs from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_D1YfR4MdE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cinco canciones negras<\/a>\u201d<br \/>\nMompou, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DunOnzeiW_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Secreto<\/a>,\u201d from \u201cImpresiones \u00edntimas\u201d<br \/>\nMompou, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N8wmhW4MNYg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Damunt de tu nom\u00e9s les flors<\/a>,\u201d from \u201cCombat del somni\u201d<br \/>\nF\u00e1bregas, Elisenda, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6RH_oZRlQeM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Pluja brodada<\/a>,\u201d from \u201cImitaci\u00f3 del foc\u201d<br \/>\nBach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tA-YPbFkp2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Prelude<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0hAzSP1-ufY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fugue<\/a> in F-sharp minor, \u201cThe Well-Tempered Clavier,\u201d Book I<br \/>\nBach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7BBogNOH1JU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u201cGigue\u201d Fugue in G major<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>Jay Nordlinger, <\/i>The New Criterion<i>\u2019s music critic, talks music\u2014but, more important, plays 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