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Thank you very much! ❤

How would you know without detailed psychological and neurological tests?

@ I don’t, that’s just my head canon lol

Bach was very avant-garde and I'm sure he would have embraced new technologies in the same way he did in his day.

​ @BachTheAnimatedSeries I agree, you can hear it in his compositions, he most likely absorbed a lot of musical influences during his travels, I can sometimes hear influences from Italian composers in his compositions, unless my ears are lying to me.

He must have been a popular host for a reason. 😊

Exactly. You can change notes in any other composer's work and nobody would notice, but do it with Bach and it all falls apart. 😊

​@@BachTheAnimatedSeries He obviously had a very profound understanding of music composition, and music theory, most likely to the point where he could hear the music in his head as he was writing it down.

@@Cephlapodninja Autistic people can be very good at communicating, but they do this by "planning" every possible conversation in advance. But when you say something to autistic people that they hadn't foreseen, they will not be able to respond. Autistic people don't understand words as such and have to translate everything you say to them into images or concepts. That's why they always take everything literally. Worse still, when they want to express themselves they have to translate these images into words they don't really understand. That's why they often express themselves in a weird way, e.g. saying: "I'm burning" instead of: "I'm warm" or why they often don't talk at all. When you have to motivate children to excel during a musical performance, you've got to have exceptional conversational skills, motivational skills and empathy, things autistic people are lacking. I am a teacher by the way, English and Astronomy, but my lessons are always very well structured in advance and I have prepared for any possible questions. When the children don't behave the way I expected or even challenge my authority, I usually fail.

@@curberybible3823 I couldn't agree more. 😊

Thank you very much, Patrick. I chose those works which I believed best fitted the story and it fills me with joy knowing that you appreciate it so much. Thank you once more!

Thank you! I think that you're referring to the final scene of ep. 15. It is the Sarabande of Bach's Partita in A minor for flute solo, BWV1013.

Yes. Thank you! 🙂

Thank you very much for your kind words and my apologies that I had to construct BWV578 with computer software at the time. Cheers! 😊

@@BachTheAnimatedSeries Haha it sounds a bit od but still good! What software did you use?

Personally I don't believe that he was, but the bottom line is that we have absolutely no way of knowing.

It certainly does. 😊 Though the "no" is simply my personal opinion. In reality we have no way of knowing...

No, thank you! 😊

Hahaha! 🤣 Thank you!

Vielen Dank! 😊

Stupid I wouldn't say, but the majority is indeed of below average intelligence. 😞

Well, he was obviously a musical genius but he was certainly also good at math and classical languages. But we have no idea if this knowledge was concentrated in "isolated peaks", which would be typical of autism, or if he had a much broader knowledge.

Thank you for your kind words. The "no" is my personal opinion, but my actual conclusion is that we have no way of knowing. 😊

Hahaha! Well, maybe... 😅

My thoughts exactly.

Thank you very much for this! Creating this series is an incredible amount of work but comments like yours make it all worth it. I'd appreciate your publicity very much. Thank you once again! 😊

Thank you very much! 😍

We're all brothers and sisters. 😊

So do I honestly... 😊

It's nice to meet you, brother. 😊

@@nejzk2026 Hahaha! Well said! 😊

Thank you! 😊

Yes,you're right. His life was mostly a long tragedy. I simply cannot imagine he didn't have any deep scars. 😥

To add to this, Autistic people can be immensely good hosts, incredibly selfless and generous, often have very strict and powerful moral codes, can be very funny and charismatic as well. Autism is a huge range of personality with similar struggles deep within, but this is not to say Bach is Autistic.

Well, I beg to differ. Autism is a very specific neurological disorder and autistic people simply cope in different ways. Bach never broke social contacts though, very much on the contrary, he was a socially very busy man. Whatever the truth, it would be impossible to say about any historical figure whether they were autistic as there simply isn't enough data for a proper diagnosis.

@@BachTheAnimatedSeries He is referring to the time when Bach asked for 4 weeks of leave and was not seen again for 4 months, having decided to hike 400 km to Lübeck so he could take a masterclass with Johann Adam Reincken and hear Dieterich Buxtehude play. Going AWOL for such a long time is definitely a breach of social norms. Bach was also jailed for a month in 1717, for quitting his job at the court of Weimar, which normally would have required him to *ask for permission* to relinquish his duties. He clearly was stubborn, if nothing else.

@@mettern8605 Oh dear, a psychiatrist... I hope that you consider my amateur analysis not totally unworthy of being shown to the public. 😊

@@BachTheAnimatedSeries On the contrary😀 I think your reflexions over Bach and what we do know about his life and the times in which he lived, are reasonable and balanced! Looking forward to watching more from your channel👏

@@mettern8605 Thank you very much. Your words mean a lot to me. 😊

this has to be one of the best comments I've ever seen on this platform

Thank you doctor. Very cool.

Autism is a much narrower disorder than generally assumed. It's a very specific neurological disorder which every autistic person tries to compensate for in different ways. My only goal with this video is to show that it's impossible to know about any historical figure whether they were autistic or not as we don't have any adequate psychological and neurological profile. What is certain though is that any autistic person would've gone mad in Bach's household. 😊

@@BachTheAnimatedSeries The goal of your video is mainly about sharing your personal opinion about this topic and advocating for a "no" as the conclusion of the video and as the last sentence in your previous reply both emphasize it. Autistic traits can be compensated by many psychological variables and innate potential factors. Bach was not a common man as much as he would not have been a common autistic. In other words, Bach could be diagnosed with a form of autism in today's world and that wouldn't be contradictory with the life he led, contrary to what the video implies.

@@jacqueslapidieux3182 Thank you very much for your wonderful comments! It's a difficult topic and, in all honesty, it hurts me when I read how lightly people are talking about Bach's so-called "autism" when there's no evidence at all. I'm glad that you found my video beautiful and sensitive as I'm having difficulties containing my emotions. Thank you once more. 😊

🤣🤣🤣 Yes, he did enjoy the good life. 😁

I couldn't have said it better. 😊

Who knows... 🤣

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@@rl-181 Cool! Then we're brothers! 😊

@BachTheAnimatedSeries 😍

@@abchan1294Yes, he would have collapsed at some point. Personally I believe he was just too much ahead of his time.

Also my conclusion. 😊

@@SergioValenzuela Thank you for your kind words regarding my play. I was in doubt about publishing this as it certainly can't compare to the play of one of the great masters, but it's personal, as you said, and I've tried my best. Thank you so very much! 😊

As pianist Jeremy Denk wrote somewhere, in the end .".. The best Bach may be the one you play... " Nothing compares to the experience of being able, regardless of proficiency level , to dive into his music. Your playing is great and very musical, would hear to an album totally. Best!.

Yes. In Bach's day, what is now known as B was daylight B flat. That way, Bach was able to write his name with his music. 😊

Thank you so much, my friend! 😊

Thank you for your kind words, but when I hear myself play I'm hearing all of the errors. 😅 But I do put all of my heart and soul in it. Thank you for your words of encouragement... that's so kind of you. 😊

Oh, let's just say that Bach's been a love story for all of my life. No music resonates so well with me and I wanted to share this with the World, as Bach seems to be the most misunderstood of all the great composers. Thank you so much for your kind words. It is a lot of work indeed but comments like yours make it all worth it. Thank you once more. 😊

Thank you very much for these incredible comments. It's been a long and hard journey for me as well, as you've probably have noticed as the series progresses, but comments like yours make it all worth it. Thank you once more! 😊

Thank you very much! 😊

My apologies then, because I preferred this sound... Thank you for your compliments. 😊

@BachTheAnimatedSeries Please post that one as well But if you can't it's ok

Well, the original one is in ep. 10 so you can always listen to it there. But have you listened to the entire new version? It starts off with the soft, flute-like organ sound, but gradually builds as more voices are added. 😉

Thank you for your wonderful comments. About other composers... It's taken me 6 years to arrive here and I'm not at the end yet. Whilst I keep learning about how to make animations, the workload becomes bigger too. Plus the series will continue also after Bach's death. So after all the work's done I think that I'm first going to take a long holiday and then see if I can motivate myself to start over again for another composer. 😅

Thank you very much! 😊