Johann sebastian bach

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.
My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.
Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music, but only an infernal...
I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.
Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.