Song of the Day 4.23.20: "Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784" - J.S. Bach, Simone Dinnerstein

OK, technically, not a song. Also, sharing Bach is a bit of that scene in High Fidelity where John Cusack is shredded for his Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s list.

"Oh, that's not obvious enough Rob. How about the Beatles? Or f***ing... f***ing Beethoven? Side one, Track one of the Fifth Symphony... How can someone with no interest in music own a record store?"

Maybe because I've been staring at hundreds of design permutations this morning and my brain is feeling a little fractal.

Or maybe because nothing helps focus me like Bach. Anyway, here you go:

If you want something a little more frantic, Glenn Gould's more controversial interpretation might be your thing.

Fun facts:

• In music, an invention is a short composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with two-part counterpoint.
• Compositions in the same style as an invention but using three-part counterpoint are known as sinfonias. (Sometimes these are now called three-part inventions to avoid confusing them with symphonies).

Brahms said "Study Bach. There you will find everything."

Charles Gounod said: "He has said all there is to say. If all the music written since Bach's time should be lost, it could be reconstructed on the foundation which Bach laid."

A great pianist friend of mine assures me this is all still true today.

It's April 23, 2020.

Find the patterns. There are worlds to be explored in them. But amid the search, don't forget that truth lives just as much in the pursuit itself, as in the moment of discovery.