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by graycat 360 days ago
> Bach lacks the skill and emotional depth to write a song about that lonely feeling

For a wide range of such feelings, some can regard as "lonely", as they develop, achieve a triumph, a catharsis, and finally a recapitulation and a comforting, secure resolution -- communication, interpretation of human experience, emotion, i.e., art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEUYq5t-cCM

Bach wrote it for solo violin, but it's been arranged for solo piano, full orchestra, etc.