Johann Sebastian Bach
A member of the Arnstadt City Council states: "If Bach continues to play in this way, the organ will be ruined in two years, or most of the congregation will be deaf."
It goes without saying
That I am no match for Bach.
In the music-world
He is the Himalayas
And I am the anthill.
But I am extremely proud of myself
For having the capacity
To follow devotedly in his footsteps.
Sri Chinmoy, Music: ecstasy's heart-hunger, Agni Press, 1994
