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World Service,03 Oct 2000,13 mins

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Faith, music and the nature of genius. Although a devout Lutheran, Bach's battles with the pietists and Calvinists - who disliked the 'distraction' of music in church - meant he never enjoyed acclaim as a composer in his lifetime.

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