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Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work

Two organ works, Ciacona in D minor and G minor, were authenticated after 33 years of research, revealing rare insights into Bach's early compositional style.

A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.

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It is a rather incredible discovery that was made in Brussels: two unknown works for organ signed by Johann Sebastian Bach were discovered in a vast collection of musical documents preserved at the Royal Library of Belgium. ...

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The world celebrates two new pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach. But there is still doubt whether he really composed them.

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An investigation of more than 30 years of the Bach Archive of Leipzig, in Germany, has given two new pieces attributable to the Baroque composer with "high security"The curious Vienna route of Beethoven's life full of moves A great discovery in the world of music occurred this week with the announcement of two new works attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach and which were presented by the Bach Archive of Leipzig, in Germany, which possesses one of…

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