Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque? (Pierre Schaeffer)

Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?

Pierre Schaeffer

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