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Re: Bach loops!?

Hi Everyone!

I've been a happy-long-time-user of the list.
Now I came to think of something:
Anyone knows the canons BWV 1072 - 1078 + 1086 (by J.S.Bach)?

They were written at the same time as "Musical Offering"  (BWV 1079) and 
"The Art of Fugue" (BWV 1080), and the M.O. and T.A.o.F. are build to 
explore the posibilities with one theme and the fugue- and canon-forms.  
The 
results in these works are very complex.

But at the same time he was writing on the canons, which are going in the 
other direction! They are only small lines/themes that is repeated over 
and 
over. Written for 2 to 8 voices (instruments). They are originally not 
published by Bach, but written in his students books as practice pieces, 
thats why they have not got on so many recordings. People look at them as 
small practice pieces, but they really are the first experiments in 
minimalistic music!

So forget Steve Reich and Terry Riley, Bach did that in 1740!

Unfortunately I only got one recording with the canons:
Musica Antiqua Köln: Musikalishes Opfer, Die Kunst der Fuge.
Archiv 413 642-2 (3-cd).
The canons are played very short (from 30.sec. to 2 min.), and I think 
they 
should be treated as minimalistic pieces, and played for a longer time.

Anyone knows of other recordings?

Best
Jon (of Denmark)
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