Bach's 'Musical Offering'

Church of the Redeemer

Media Give App

Bach's 'Musical Offering'

How a Musical Joke Turned into an Enlightenment Rebuke

July 4, 2021 • Jarrod Richey

Give

Bach's Musical Offering an instrumental work that is remarkable for how it was intended to be a joke on Bach, and he was able to use it as a marvelous musical rebuke of not only Frederick the Great but also the Enlightenment ideas that were overruling centuries of belief and practice. We'll listen, look, and dissect the work for the great encouragement that it is.

More from Sunday School Individual Lessons

"The Spirit & Music"

August 27, 2023 • Jarrod Richey • Ephesians 5:15–21

Jarrod Richey discussed "spirit-filled worship" and gave some musical examples showing how this is manifest in worship songs from the 1990s and today. He referenced an article from Scott Aniol on this topic and concluded the talk with an introduction to the Redeemer School of the Arts.

The Problem of Expressive Individualism (Strange New World)

August 13, 2023 • Ed Lang

Ed Lang speaks on expressive individualism and how it is addressed in "Strange New World" by Carl Truman.

"The Spirit & Music"

August 27, 2023 • Jarrod Richey • Ephesians 5:15–21

The Problem of Expressive Individualism (Strange New World)

August 13, 2023 • Ed Lang

Translating Genesis (Part Two)

October 2, 2022 • Thomas Hilleke