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[[File:MB109-Brahms-Bach-Beethhoven-Busts.png|thumb|300px|Baby Fozzie "wearing" a Bach bust (middle) on ''Muppet Babies''.]]
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'''Johann Sebastian Bach''' (1685โ€“1750) was a [[Germany|German]] composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist during the Baroque period.
 
'''Johann Sebastian Bach''' (1685โ€“1750) was a [[Germany|German]] composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist during the Baroque period.
   
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==Covers==
In [[episode 0001]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', his composition "Gavotte" is performed by the Swingle Singers, during a film about cleaning.
 
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* [[Rowlf the Dog]] plays Bach's "[[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring]]" on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' in the UK spot for [[Episode 514: Mac Davis|episode 514]].
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* A [[Season 1 (1969-1970)|season one]] film insert on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' uses his composition "Gavotte," as performed by the Swingle Singers, during a film about cleaning. {{first|0001}}
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* A ''Sesame Street'' film about rain {{first|0149}} uses the Largo movement from Bach's "Concerto for Harpsichord in f minor, BWV 1056."
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* The opening section of "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" is used over exterior shots of [[Count von Count's castle]] in [[Count von Count Sketches: Castle#countingschool|a season 30 sketch]]. That composition was also used in the [[Sesame_Place_stage_shows#Countdown_to_Halloween_.282005-2013.29|''Countdown to Halloween'' stage show]], and The Count plays a brief portion of the composition on his pipe organ in ''[[Trick or Treat with Sesame Street]]''.
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* When [[Zoe]] learns about the Lamberena with [[Lorena and Lorna Feijรณo]], the first piece of music played when the twin sisters start to dance is Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, Preludio. {{first|4186}}
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* [[Yo-Yo Ma]] appears by himself in [[the yard]] and plays the first Menuett from Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. {{first|2210}}
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* In the ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'' episode "[[Episode 113: Music to My Ears|Music to My Ears]]", [[Bear]] listens to the "Air" movement of Bach's "Orchestral Suite No. 3" on the radio.
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* A snippet of the "Toccata and Fugue" is heard during "[[Life Hereafter]]" in ''[[Muppets Haunted Mansion]]''.
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* In the ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' episode "[[Episode 109: Close Encounters of the Frog Kind|Close Encounters of the Frog Kind]]" during the song "[[Practice Makes Perfect (song)|Practice Makes Perfect]]," [[Baby Piggy]] sings about "[[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], [[Brahms' Lullaby|Brahms]], and Bach," with [[Baby Scooter]], [[Baby Gonzo]], and [[Baby Fozzie]] popping up, "wearing" the composers' busts as their heads.
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* The theme song for the ''Sesame Street'' segment "[[Alphabet Chat]]" features the alphabet sung to Bach's Fugue No. 2 in c minor, BWV 847 from ''The Well-Tempered Klavier''.
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* In a ''[[Pretty Great Performances]]'' segment, [[James Galway]] and the All-Animal Music Chamber Ensemble perform a tune by Johann Sebastian Fox, a spoof of Bach.
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* "Minuet in G major" is often misattributed as a Bach composition, but has since been named one by German composer Christian Petzold. Despite this, the piece has been referred to as a Bach composition by [[Prairie Dawn]] in a sketch where she and [[Elmo]] play a duet of the piece {{first|2988}}. [[Gordon]] also acknowledges Bach as composer when he performs the tune on the flute in [[Episode 3803]].
   
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* In a ''Sesame Street'' celebrity skit with [[Itzhak Perlman]] at Grouch Symphony Hall, his name is parodied as "Johann Sebastian Blech." {{first|1658}}
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In a UK spot of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', aired with [[Episode 514: Mac Davis|episode 514]], [[Rowlf the Dog]] plays Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," but gets interrupted by [[Beauregard]].
 
   
 
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Latest revision as of 02:41, 30 March 2023

MB109-Brahms-Bach-Beethhoven-Busts

Baby Fozzie "wearing" a Bach bust (middle) on Muppet Babies.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685โ€“1750) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist during the Baroque period.

Covers

  • A Sesame Street film about rain (First: Episode 0149) uses the Largo movement from Bach's "Concerto for Harpsichord in f minor, BWV 1056."

References

  • The theme song for the Sesame Street segment "Alphabet Chat" features the alphabet sung to Bach's Fugue No. 2 in c minor, BWV 847 from The Well-Tempered Klavier.
  • "Minuet in G major" is often misattributed as a Bach composition, but has since been named one by German composer Christian Petzold. Despite this, the piece has been referred to as a Bach composition by Prairie Dawn in a sketch where she and Elmo play a duet of the piece (First: Episode 2988). Gordon also acknowledges Bach as composer when he performs the tune on the flute in Episode 3803.
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