{"product_id":"8526-fischer-edwin-autograph-musical-quotation-b-a-c-h","title":"Fischer, Edwin. (1886-1960) Autograph Musical Quotation - \"B-A-C-H.\"","description":"Very fine AMQS from the great Swiss pianist, associated in particular with the music of Bach and the first to record The Well-Tempered Klavier.  A probing interpreter, he wrote that \"our aim should not be pure soil and sterile air in which nothing will grow.\"  The BACH motif neatly penned and signed \"zur freundl[iche] Erinnerung \/ Edwin Fischer\" on a blank off-white card measuring 14.5 x 9 cm. In fine condition and sold together with the original envelope and some German newspaper clippings about the pianist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe BACH motif includes the notes B flat, A, C, B natural, in which - in German musical nomenclature - the note B natural is written as H and the B flat as B, thereby forming Johann Sebastian Bach's family name. One of the most frequently occurring examples of a musical cryptogram, the motif has been used by countless composers, including Bach himself, most famously as a fugue subject in the last Contrapunctus of The Art of Fugue.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093360300191,"sku":"8526","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Fischer_2CEdwin_Bach_AMQS329.jpg?v=1722187521","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/8526-fischer-edwin-autograph-musical-quotation-b-a-c-h","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}