Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

Christopher J Hartzog Music

Bassist, Guitarist & Composer

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Bluesy Bach Opus 2 Ringtone Number 3 (Ave Maria)

Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 2 Ringtone Number three — that’s 3 (Ave Maria)!

Sure, you can listen to my music for free…..but YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or songs, or videos)!

All payments may be done SECURELY through PayPal.  The music store page contains ringtones that are already in the Apple .m4r format for iPhones.  And if you don’t do anything else, at least listen on Spotify.

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Bluesy Bach – Opus 3 (Bachulele Minuet)

Aloha my Bach Ohana!

My latest “Bluesy Bach” adventure takes us into ‘ukulele land with my release of my arrangement and recording of Bluesy Bach – Opus 3 (Bachulele Minuet).  You can grab a high quality (320 kbps mp3 or flac file) from my Music Store page, or if you are into streaming, just listen on Spotify on my artist page.  You can also buy the song on Amazon.com.

Johann Sebastian Bach gave two notebooks of music to his wife, Anna Magdalena. The second notebook of 1725 contains a number of compositions from various composers of the time that were favorites of the Bach family. Included in the notebook is Menuett, BWV Anhang 114, popularly known as Minuet in G major, which has become the new focus of my attention in my ongoing “Bluesy Bach” series of recordings. This recording is my own unique approach to this piece which I hope you enjoy.  By the way, during my research on this song I learned that for many years this Minuet (Menuette in French) was ascribed to JS Bach, however it is now attributed to Christian Petzold.

You might also want to check out the song “A Lover’s Concerto”, which was based on the Minuet in G major. The song was recorded by the girl group The Toys and reached number 2 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

 

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A Quick Intro to Christopher J.

I am Chris Hartzog and this is my website, Christopher J. Music.  I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in the Seattle, Washington area.

I’ve loved music as long as I can remember.  During many years of being a special needs parent to a very high needs child with autism, I started playing guitar again and started writing music.  And through that experience I learned that music not only transcends languages, it also transcends disabilities.

Today my music covers a variety of styles and instruments from folk to blues/jazz, and classical to pop-rock. I am a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass (electric and upright), ukulele, keyboards, and a singer and songwriter.  I also enjoy playing classical music on the double bass with my local community symphony orchestra.  And, I write, arrange, record and produce songs and put them on this website for people to download and hopefully share and enjoy.

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