{"id":17,"date":"2013-08-09T18:22:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/bachupdate\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:16:31","slug":"the-bach-update-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thebachupdate\/the-bach-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"about this blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ENGLISH<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thebachupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Britain.jpg\" alt=\"Britain\" width=\"38\" height=\"24\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201e<em><strong>the bach update<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>is concerned especially with the <i>Suites<\/i> for cello solo and the <i>Partitas<\/i> and <i>Sonatas<\/i> for violin solo by Johann Sebastian Bach.<\/p>\n<p>The ideas which Bach develops in these works are so original that they are still current &#8211; or one could simply say: they are timeless.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, contemporary music goes so far beyond it that the alternative blog \u201e<em><b>the cello upgrade<\/b>&#8220;<\/em> devotes itself to new music for cello.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~<\/p>\n<p>I would like to encourage those concerned to exchange experiences and ideas about all this. It doesn\u2019t stop at national borders but it is a cross-border project. Hence in this blog, no language (English, German, French) takes preference over any other. I myself will write mainly in German. Therefore, I would like to encourage the individual contributions being translated once in a while by the users of this blog, to the advantage of all.<\/p>\n<p>I ask users to express themselves as concisely as possible specifically referring to what this blog says. If it is linked to an external content, this should be explained. So, no promotions or simple concert announcements, please. For such information please use the forums on Facebook etc.<\/p>\n<p>By sending their contributions the authors transfer copyright to the blog operator. I. e., the texts are freely quotable at full length, provided the author is named. All author\u2019s rights remain of course with the authors.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bach<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DEUTSCH<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bach-bogen.de\/blog\/thebachupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Germany.jpg\" alt=\"Germany\" width=\"38\" height=\"24\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201e<\/em><strong><em>the bach update<\/em><\/strong><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">befa\u00dft sich intensiv mit den <em>Suiten<\/em> f\u00fcr Cello solo und den <em>Partiten<\/em> und <em>Sonaten<\/em> f\u00fcr Violine solo von Johann Sebastian Bach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Die Ideen, die Bach in diesen Werken entwickelt, sind derart einzigartig, da\u00df sie nach wie vor zeitgem\u00e4\u00df &#8211; oder sagen wir einfach: zeitlos sind.<\/p>\n<p>Trotzdem geht die zeitgen\u00f6ssische Musikproduktion weit dar\u00fcber hinaus, so da\u00df sich das komplement\u00e4re Blog \u201e<em><b>the cello upgrade<\/b>&#8220;<\/em> der Neuen Musik f\u00fcr Cello widmet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ich m\u00f6chte dazu ermutigen, Erfahrungen und Gedanken zu diesen Themenkomplexen auszutauschen. Dies macht vor L\u00e4ndergrenzen keinen Halt. Deshalb wird in diesem Blog auch keine Sprache (Englisch, Deutsch, Franz\u00f6sisch) bevorzugt oder festgelegt. Ich selbst werde vorwiegend auf Deutsch schreiben. Anregen m\u00f6chte ich deshalb, da\u00df die einzelnen Beitr\u00e4ge hin und wieder von den Nutzern dieses Blogs \u00fcbersetzt werden, zum Vorteil aller Beteiligten.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ich bitte das Motto \u201eSubstanz in K\u00fcrze&#8221; zu beachten. Damit meine ich, da\u00df eigenst\u00e4ndige Beitr\u00e4ge, spezifisch auf dieses Blog bezogene Inhalte erw\u00fcnscht sind. Sollte einmal auf einen externen Inhalt verlinkt werden, so w\u00e4re das zu erkl\u00e4ren. Also bitte keine Promotion betreiben oder blo\u00dfe Konzertank\u00fcndigungen mitteilen. Hierf\u00fcr dienen die Foren auf Facebook etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Die Autoren \u00fcbertragen mit der Zusendung ihrer Beitr\u00e4ge ein Copyright an den Blog-Betreiber. D. h. die Texte sind frei zitierbar, auch in ihrer vollen L\u00e4nge, unter der Bedingung der Namensnennung des jeweiligen Autors. Alle Urheberrechte verbleiben selbstverst\u00e4ndlich bei den Autoren.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bach<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ENGLISH &nbsp; \u201ethe bach update&#8220; is concerned especially with the Suites for cello solo and the Partitas and Sonatas for violin solo by Johann Sebastian Bach. The ideas which Bach develops in these works are so original that they are still current &#8211; or one could simply say: they are timeless. 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