To See Them Is to Begin to Know Them
Bach died in 1750 relatively obscure, his manuscripts scattered, some reportedly used as wrapping paper. For nearly eighty years, the world moved on. Then a 20-year-old named Mendelssohn found a surviving score and performed it — and everything changed. This is the story of what almost didn't survive, and why putting a face to a name matters more than you might think.
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