wikipedia said: "The collection has its roots in a meeting between Bach and Frederick II on May 7, 1747. The meeting, taking place in the king's residence in Potsdam, resulted from Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel being employed there as court musician. Frederick wanted to show a novelty to Bach: the pianoforte had been invented a few years earlier, and the king owned such an experimental instrument, allegedly the first Bach ever saw. Bach, who was well known for his skill at improvising, was given the following theme by Frederick to improvise a fugue upon the Thema Regium ("theme of the king"):

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According to the press of the day, Bach succeeded in improvising a fugue.

Two weeks after the meeting, Bach published a set of pieces based on this theme which we now know as The Musical Offering. Bach inscribed the piece "Regis Iussu Cantio Et Reliqua Canonica Arte Resoluta" (the theme given by the king, with additions, resolved in the canonic style), the first letters of which spell out the word ricercar (an old name for a fugue)."

jdg said: "i wouldn't side chin anything.

give me the files. i'll mixit"

monkvolcano said: "

very good work tho. wishin' it was a little shorter and sweeter.
I think u should write 40 more of these til you can do em effortlessly, this sounds a little laborous.
Really great work.
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mlbot said: "

My only thought is I wonder what it'd be like to pitch shift, like, every 10th note down a couple of octaves... maybe increase its length... give the piano some bassssssssssssssssss. Just curious.
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