Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach: Mass in B Minor - Kyrie

Music video by Johann Sebastian Bach performing Bach: Mass in B Minor - Kyrie. (C) 2009 Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger, www.kuk-art.com

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[NimbleTurtle13]

VEVO and Bach? WTF? 

[1banders]

@pll89 What you're missing is that A440 is not a law of nature. No one is born with his ears tuned to A440. A440 is the result of years of lobbying by American wind manufacturers, who finally got their way in the 1950s. But even today, some philharmonics tune higher, and period ensembles tune to various historically informed pitches, such as A415 chamber pitch or A465 organ pitch. This is a historically informed performance, on period instruments, at A415 chamber pitch. Get with the program!

[NoahSV]

@fulltimepassgiri That sounds ridiculous. Wagner at second? I would put Beethoven's nine symphonies, Bach's b minor mass, Bach's passions, Beethoven's D major mass, Bach's orchestral overtures, Bach's Brandenburg concerti, Bach's fugues, and Beethoven's piano sonatas before even thinking of mentioning another composer besides these two.

[MadisonFoster1991]

@7ens3nButt0n haha ikr

[7ens3nButt0n]

musicnerds beneath..

[NimbleTurtle13]

@bassbass99able Uh it depends. It is usually between 440-442. European orchestras tend to take the pitch higher and most American orchestras use A = 440

[bassbass99able]

@NimbleTurtle13 no its 441

[daniel0731ex]

@pll89 NO, don't you get the difference? The piece is written in B minor, but at Bach's time their B minor just sounds like Bb in today's standards. But it's still in B minor.

I'm getting a feeling that you're just trying to show off your "perfect pitch". Mind you, I have perfect pitch too, it's nothing so extraordinary to show off (though for some reason people today are just obsessed with it, not knowing that musical intonation is actually much more sophisticated than just the 12-notes)

[pll89]

@daniel0731ex They could of just say it's in Bb minor lol although it sounds better then without the ''baroque tuning''

[NimbleTurtle13]

@pll89 A = 440 Hz is a modern convention. It is not definitive and there is no great reason why people chose to use that as the standard. Personally, I think Bach would have preferred this at a higher pitch (A = 465).