The High Priestess of Bach

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The High Priestess of Bach is the honorific nickname given to American pianist and harpsichordist Rosalyn Tureck, renowned for her pioneering, deeply intellectual interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific nickname
appliedTo American harpsichordist
American pianist
associatedInstrument harpsichord
piano
associatedNationality United States NERFINISHED
associatedPerson Rosalyn Tureck NERFINISHED
associatedRepertoire Bach keyboard music
associatedWith Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED
category artist honorific
musical nickname
connotation reverence for Bach performance
denotes preeminence in Bach performance
describesReputationOf Rosalyn Tureck as leading Bach interpreter NERFINISHED
fieldOfRecognition classical music
keyboard performance
hasGenderConnotation female
honors pioneering Bach scholarship in performance
implies deeply intellectual approach to Bach
language English
notableFor interpretations of Bach’s keyboard works
refersTo Rosalyn Tureck NERFINISHED
relatesTo Bach interpretation tradition
Bach performance practice
titleComponent Bach NERFINISHED
High Priestess NERFINISHED
usedAs epithet in classical music criticism
usedBy classical music journalists
music critics
music historians

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Rosalyn Tureck describedAs The High Priestess of Bach