17th Century

The Gazette de Franceis

(1631)

Charles I commissions Thomas Witherings to improve postal communications between England and France. Witherings does so by placing boatmen under contract to make regular crossings with the mail between Dover and Calais. Two years later Charles decides to make the inland mail a royal monopoly, and again selects Witherings for the task.

Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685- 1750)

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor.

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Bach's Music

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1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 – Allegro (00:00)
2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 – Adagio (4:43)
3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 – Allegro (9:10)
4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 – Allegro (13:40)
5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 – Allegro assai (19:11)
6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 – Allegro (24:05)
7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 – Presto (31:42)
8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 – Andante (36:37)
9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 – Affettuoso (39:32)
10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 – Allegro (45:02)
11. Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060 – Allegro (50:38)
12. Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060 – Largo (54:59)
13. Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060 – Allegro (59:32)
14. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 – Menuet (1:02:35)
15. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 – Air on the G String (1:05:35)
16. Cantata BWV 147 – Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (1:10:07)
17. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (1:13:32)
18. Harpsichord Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772 (1:22:23)
19. Harpsichord Invention No 8 in F major, BWV 779 (1:23:43)
20. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 – Badinerie (1:24:42)
21. Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Minuet in G major, BWV Ahn. 114 (1:27:24)
22. Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Musette in D major, BWV Anh.126 (1:28:59)
23. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 – Bourée (1:30:06)
24. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord, BWV 1028 (1:31:48)
25. Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059 – 2nd Movt. (1:35:44)
26. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 – Courante (1:38:54)
27. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 – Gavotte (1:42:32)
28. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major BWV 1012 – Prelude (1:46:42)