Bach - Fugue in C Minor - Well-Tempered Clavier Book I @ r2
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I've recorded one Bach Prelude and I guess now it was time for a fugue. I remember learning this in junior high and the photocopy my piano teacher gave me had the words "Amy Grant" circled in the margins. I didn't really care at the time as I did not celebrate Amy Grant's entire catalog, but later in life after YouTube was invented I was curious and discovered that her totally subtly-titled song Sing Your Praise to the Lord prominently featured this fugue in the intro.
And then 25 years later I'm just reminded of how difficult it is to memorize a Bach fugue.
Check out another stank face as I flub what is obviously the most difficult part of the piece: