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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Bach’s Psychotically Awesome Walking Bassline

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My son pointed out this wild and wonderful walking bass line in Sebastian Bach’s magnificent ‘Dorian’ Toccata:

Here’s the direct URL link.

Not counting octave displacement, Bach does a whopping 36 notes without interruption! As far as I can tell, Bach never wrote a longer one!

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