Can any composer equal Bach?
I first should admit that I&#x27;m a 100% self taught appreciator of classical music. I don&#x27;t have any formal musical education. Nor any formal history of music education. I&#x27;m the only person of my family and friends that seeks out and listens to classical music. So, my knowledge is very uneven and I&#x27;m a total pedestrian in this realm. Over the years, I&#x27;ve found music by references from fiction, films and criticism. I&#x27;ve run down many a list of &quot;great composers&quot;. Usually, some little reference throws me down a rabbit hole of all kind of new compositions I like but every time I get to Bach, I stop short. I just can&#x27;t stand the music. I&#x27;ve spent hours picking different recordings of the Brandenburg&#x27;s, the Toccatas and Fantasias to no avail. I understand the music is important historically and that it has a technical beauty but it just doesn&#x27;t move me in any way. Maybe some day it will click but until then I&#x27;m just going to have to take the critic&#x27;s word for it.