Pynchon & Jazz

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<<Romanticism, outside of the names and times given it
by critics, is a philosophy which permeates European
culture. While Bach may not have been a "musical
Romantic," he had Romantic values among others in his
heart/mind while composing.>>

Did he.  I'll have to take your word.

So defined, ripped from historical context, the term
means next to nothing.  You could as easily--and
correctly--say Bach was a Mormon in his heart and
mind.  

Part of what is definitive of romanticism is a
rejection of order and balance as esthetic ends and
earmarks.  One thinks, e.g., of Berlioz.  Such has
nothing to do with Bach.  



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