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Before joining Microsoft, Bach worked as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley & Co. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from Stanford University. Bach sits on the Board of Governors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, where he leads the BGCA Marketing Committee, and currently serves as chairman of the Entertainment Software Association. He is married with three children.
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The Art of Fugue, published posthumously but probably written years before Bach's death, is unfinished. It consists of 18 complex fugues and canons based on a simple theme. A magnum opus of thematic transformation and contrapuntal devices, this work is often cited as the summation of polyphonic techniques.
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Since joining Microsoft in 1988, Bach has worked on a variety of Microsoft products in a career marked by increasingly senior management positions. His experience includes working in Europe as the Manager of Business Operations from 1990-1992. He ... led the marketing effort for Microsoft Office from 1992-1997. Before the formation of the E&D Division in 2005, Bach managed the global launches of Xbox and Xbox 360 in his dual role as Chief Xbox Officer and head of the Home and Entertainment group – a global division then responsible for Xbox®, Windows® games, the Microsoft® TV platform, and consumer hardware and software products.
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Today the "Bach style" continues to influence musical composition, from hymns and religious works to pop and rock. Many of Bach’s themes—particularly the theme from Toccata and Fugue in D minor—have been used in rock songs repeatedly and have received notable popularity.
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Many consider the heart of Bach's work to be the keyboard - which at the time meant organ, harpsichord, clavier, and the early pianoforte - a precursor of today's piano. Bach's preludes and fugues are supreme examples of the art of the keyboard.
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