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“To Bach, notes were not just sounds but the very stuff of creation.
— Leonard Bernstein
Composer and conductor
"Leonard Bernstein discusses material & structure in Bach's St. Matthew Passion," Bernstein Century - Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Nypo, Et Al (1999) (at 6:31)
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