Quotes about Bach
I expect that in Heaven, the angels will sing Bach, and they'll envy us our understanding of Beethoven. The unfallen angels don't have to go through the first movements of the 9th symphony to get to the Ode to Joy. But we do.
— Peter Kreeft
There are not any composers like Bach. There's just Bach.
— Cormac McCarthy
It may be that when the angels go about their task of praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart and that then too our dear Lord listens with special pleasure.
— Karl Barth
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
— Karl Barth
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
— Karl Barth
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.
— Karl Barth
Johann Sebastian Bach once said that the only purpose for music should be the glory of God and the re-creation of the human spirit.
— Ravi Zacharias
God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.
— Karl Barth
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.
— Karl Barth