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4 days ago

An inner duty': the 35-year quest to bring Bach's lost organ works to light

The best fictional detectives are famed for their intuition, an ability to spot some seemingly ineffable discrepancy. Peter Wollny, the musicologist behind last week's world sensational revelation of two previously unknown works by Johann Sebastian Bach, had a funny feeling when he chanced upon two intriguing sheets of music in a dusty library in 1992. His equivalent of the Columbo turn, from mere hunch to unravelling a secret, would take up half his life.
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1 week ago
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Newly discovered organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach DW 11/19/2025

Two secular organ works found in the Royal Library of Belgium are attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach through stylistic analysis and handwriting evidence.
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Two newly discovered Bach organ works unveiled in Germany

Two previously unknown organ chaconnes by teenage Johann Sebastian Bach have been authenticated, catalogued (BWV 1178, 1179), and publicly performed after centuries.
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Newly discovered organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach DW 11/19/2025

Two previously unknown secular organ works, likely composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, were identified and performed after manuscript and stylistic analysis.
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1 week ago

Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years

Two chaconnes (BWV 1178 and BWV 1179) composed around 1705 were authenticated as Bach's, catalogued, and publicly performed in Leipzig after roughly 320 years.
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