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Explain why Bach is referred to as the bridge between the old and the new

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because he took what he new about the old world music he grew up to and added a special twist that provided his audience with a thrill to remember his music was strong and striking and at the same time being soft and gently all in one song his music was so full of contradictions it in itself was a contradiction

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