Johann Sebastian Bach — "I have had to write a good deal of music for the church, but I have not always b…"

I have had to write a good deal of music for the church, but I have not always been able to use the best texts.
Johann Sebastian Bach — Johann Sebastian Bach Early Modern · Baroque composer

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Attributed, expressing his practical challenges in composing for the church, where he was often given inferior poetic texts to set to music.

Date: 1700s-1750s

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