Baby Bach

## Original Cover

The 1998 VHS Cover

**Baby Bach** is the 3rd Baby Einstein video in the series. It was released in 1998 despite the original tape claiming to be copyrighted in 1999 and was later reissued that same year. It included the classical music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and colorful toys from the 90's. It was one of the 10 videos to be created by Julie Aigner-Clark. In 2000, the sound design for Baby Bach was updated by Bill Weisbach. A new Baby Bach CD came out when the sound design was updated. Later in 2004, Disney re-released the video with some of the toys replaced for new ones.

## Video Guide

### Opening

* Fanfare from Toccata in D Minor, BWV 565: Marching 3 Cornelius the Dancing Chickens in black (replaced by Marching 3 White Rikki Roosters in black in 2004)
* Minuet in G Major from Anna Magdalena, BWV Anh. 114, Petzold: Opening titles

### Balls and Kinetics

* Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Winkel in black
* Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050, 3rd Movement: Machine Ball Factory in white in 5 different angles (only 4 different angles with the 5th angle zoomed out in 2004), Black Cosmos Kinetic with Red Ball zoomed out in white, Jupiter Kinetic in white, Black Cosmos Kinetic with Red Ball zoomed in in white

### Hammered Instruments

* Lights n' Sound Fire Engine in white
* Sierra plays with her Shaker from 4-in-1 Mini Orchestra in black
* Orchestral Piano in white
* Red Zylon Dragon Puppet in black
* Lollipop Drum in white
* Threading Cheese in black
* 8 Tune Xylophone in white
* Sierra plays peekaboo in black

### Spinning and Rocking

* Herz und mund und tat und leben, BWV 147, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring": Orange Hydro Gyro starts spinning in white (replaced by Turbo Tower Totem Tops in white in 2004), Sun Pendulum in black (replaced by Sun Balance Toy in black in 2004), Orange Hydro Gyro starts to wobble in white (replaced by Turbo Tower Totem Tops in white in 2004), Musical Bubble Bear in black (replaced by Bubble Monkey in black in 2004), Orange Hydro Gyro falls down and then stops spinning in white (replaced by Turbo Tower Totem Tops in white in 2004)
* Balloons in black

### Winter Fun

* Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049, 1st Movement: Village Animated Sledding Hill in black in 3 different angles, Wonderland Bear Band in white in 2 different angles (replaced by Fox Hunt Man with Horn, Drummer Boy, and Salvation Army Woman with Alto Horn in white in 4 different angles in 2004), Village Animated Skating Pond in black in 4 different angles, Village Animated Sledding Hill in black, Village Animated Skating Pond in black, Wonderland Bear Band in white (replaced by Fox Hunt Man with Horn, Drummer Boy, and Salvation Army Woman with Alto Horn in white in 2004)

### Robots Awake

* Toccata in D Minor, BWV 565/Cantata No. 140, Sleepers Awake, BWV 645: Two Atomic Robots with Mini Machine Man in white

### Blown Instruments

* Sierra blows her Animal Jazz Band Trumpet in black
* Little Tooter Trumpet, Animal Jazz Band Trumpet, and Trumpet Kazoo in white
* Octopus Puppet in black
* Saxophone in white (replaced by Play at Home Saxophone in white in 2004)
* Baby Giraffe Puppet in black (replaced by Mini-Mals: Kiko Kitty in black in 2004)
* Bird Trumpet and Kazoo in white
* Sierra plays peekaboo again in black
* Moving Moneybox in white

### Static Electricity

* Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, 3rd Movement: 8 Inch Plasma Ball zoomed out in black then in with a hand touching in black, Silver Form "S" Kinetic in white, Spinning Disco Ball zooming in in black, Holographic Perpetual Motion Wheel in white, 8 Inch Plasma Ball zoomed out with a hand touching and then in in black, Silver Form "S" Kinetic roses down in white

### Dancing Animals

* Cornelius the Dancing Chicken in black (replaced by White Rikki Rooster in black in 2004)
* Aspen tells a joke in black: *"Why did Mozart get rid of all his chickens? 'Cuz they kept going 'Bach, Bach, Bach, Bach!'"* It makes the crew laugh.
* Flute Sonata in E Flat Major, BWV 1031, 3rd Movement: RC Dizzy Kitty in white in 3 different angles, Aqua Fun: Fish Tank zoomed out and then in, Cornelius the Dancing Chicken and Sunny the Singing Sunflower in black (replaced by White Rikki Rooster and Singing Swaying Flower in black in 2004), G.G. Giraffe in white

### Streamers

* Minuet in G Major from Anna Magdalena, BWV Anh. 114: Holographic Streamers in white

### Plucked Instruments

* Peek-a-Boo Farm in black
* Sierra plays with her Junior Bongos in black
* Melody Harp in white
* Baby Dino in Egg Puppet in black
* Accordion in white
* Snowy Owl Puppet in black
* Ukulele zoomed in in white
* Sierra clapping with Pink Plastic Sunglasses on in black

### Night Lights

* Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, "Air on the G String": Purple Lava Lamp in black, Spinning Disco Ball normal zoom in black with disco lights coming, Purple Lava Lamp in black

### Goldberg Suite

* Goldberg Circus Theme, Weisbach: Title card with photos of 2 Tin Wind-Up Clowns (none in 2004)

#### Toy Carnival

* Goldberg Variation No. 1, BWV 988: Musical Carousel in black in 3 different angles, Tin Wind-Up Ferris Wheel in white in 2 different angles, Pendulum Clock: Magic Show in black (2 different angles in 1998-1999 only) (replaced by Big Top Flippity Flops Dominoes in white in 4 different angles in 2004), Sun Pendulum in white (replaced by Sun Balance Toy in white in 2004), G.G. Giraffe in white (none in 2004), Max the Animated Terrier Dog in black, Tin Wind-Up Ferris Wheel in white and then stops spinning
* 2 Tin Wind-Up Clowns in black (both operated in 1998-1999 only) (replaced by Tabletop & Wall Mount Clown Clock in black in 2004)

#### Hands at Play

* Goldberg Variation No. 4, BWV 988: Pop-Up Animals in black, Hoberman Sphere in white, Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Winkel in black

#### Faces

* 3 Cornelius the Dancing Chickens in black (replaced by 3 White Rikki Roosters in black in 2004)
* Goldberg Variation No. 30, BWV 988: The Baby Einstein logo (The Boy's Head) is drawn with Marker in white, Whoozit in black

### Finale

* Title card with photos of 2 Tin Wind-Up Clowns (none in 2004)
* 14 Canons on the Goldberg Ground, BWV 1087: Holographic Streamers in white, Sierra in white (one scene wearing Pink Plastic Sunglasses), Machine Ball Factory in black in 2 different angles, Aspen depicted in 2 scenes in white and 1 scene in black, Purple Lava Lamp, 8 Inch Plasma Ball zoomed in in black, Aspen and Sierra dancing in white, Village Animated Skating Pond in black, Village Animated Sledding Hill in black, Sierra looking at Aspen's feet in white, Musical Bubble Bear in black (replaced by Bubble Monkey in black in 2004), Aspen and Sierra hug each other in white
* Aspen says: *"The video of me... is all done? I'm not the star anymore?"* The crew laughs at her in the background.
* Minuet in G Major from Anna Magdalena, BWV Anh. 114: Closing Credits
* Ford 57 Thunderbird Model in white

## Kids

* Aspen Clark (wearing a black shirt and black leggings) (third appearance)
* Sierra Clark (wearing the same clothes as Aspen) (*does not speak*) (third appearance)

## Compositions

### Video Compositions

1. Toccata in D Minor, BWV 565 (Marching Chickens, Robots Awake)
2. "1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach": Minuet No. 1 in G Major BWV Anh. 114 (Petzold) (Opening Credits, Streamers, and Closing Credits)
3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050, III. Allegro (Balls and Kinetics)
4. "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life" BWV 147: X. Finale: Allegretto in G Major "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (Spinning and Rocking)
5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049, I. Allegro (Winter Fun)
6. "Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying" BWV 140: IV. Choral: Allegretto in E-flat Major "Zion hears the Watchmen Sing" (Robots Awake)
7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, III. Allegro assai (Static Electricity)
8. Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major for Flute, & Harpsichord, BWV 1031, III. Allegro (Dancing Animals)
9. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, II. Air (Night Lights)
10. 30 Variations in G Major for Harpsichord "Goldberg", BWV 988: No. 1 (Goldberg Suite; Toy Carnival)
11. 30 Variations in G Major for Harpsichord "Goldberg", BWV 988: No. 4 (Goldberg Suite; Hands at Play)
12. 30 Variations in G Major for Harpsichord "Goldberg", BWV 988: No. 30 (Goldberg Suite; Faces)
13. 8 Canons on the Goldberg Ground in G Major BWV 1087: Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 14 (Finale)

### Bonus Compositions (CD and Concert Hall with Playtime)

1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051, III. Allegro (Mobiles and Kinetics)
2. Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069, V. Rejouissance
3. Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major for Flute, & Harpsichord, BWV 1031, I. Allegro (found in Baby's First Moves with a remix) (Toys in Motion)
4. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067, VI. Badinerie (Trains)
5. Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 (Toys in Action)

## Distribution

* Aigner-Clark Productions (1998-1999)
* The Baby Einstein Company (1999-2000)
* Artisan Entertainment/Family Home Entertainment/F.H.E. Kids (2000-2001)
* Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2002-2004)

## Trivia

* This is the first video to have classical music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
* This is the only video to have classical music by Christian Petzold.
* This is the first Baby Einstein video to have an epilogue and a toy clip after the credits.
* Despite, the Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 114) being featured in this video and BE referring it as a Bach piece, this song was actually composed by Christian Petzold. Petzold only *attributed* the piece to Bach as part of his wife's music notebook for her keyboard lessons. However, for a very long time since then, Bach still gets most of the credit for some reason.
	+ There are two versions of this piece on the CDs, one of them has the second part played with a guitar. This version is found on every version of the Baby Bach CD as well as the 1999 version of Bedtime Classics. The other version replaces the guitar with a vibraphone. This version is found on the 2000 version of Bedtime Classics, the Language Nursery CD, Lullaby Classics and Naptime Melodies.
* Footage from this video was reused in the Baby Mozart, World of Colors, and Baby Lullaby Discovery Kits.
* Highlights from the video, plus other tracks, can be heard in the Baby Bach CD: A Concert for Little Ears and the audiocassette.
* The 1998-1999 version Tune-Up is the same one used in Baby Mozart.
* In the 1998 version, the Magic Show Pendulum Clock had two different angles and in the 1998-1999 version, both Wind-Up Clowns are operating at the same time.
* Baby Bach is one of the only videos that doesn't use Baby Einstein puppets, at least those made by Legends and Lore, because there are a few puppets in the video (like the Zylon Dragon who was actually made by Manhattan Toy, the Octopus Puppet, Dinosaur Egg Puppet, and Snowy Owl Puppet who were actually made by Folkmanis) that weren't made by L&L and thus aren't considered to be BE puppets.
* In some foreign releases, the scenes featuring Aspen (Aspen's chicken joke, and her questioning the crew at the end.) are omitted.
* Several toys in this video reappeared in others: Black Cosmos Kinetic with Red Ball in Baby Galileo, Max the Animated Terrier Dog, Lava Lamp, Cosmos Kinetic, Disco Ball, and Musical Bubble Bear in Baby Mozart (2010), Bontempi Saxophone in Baby Beethoven, Sunny the Sunflower in Baby Shakespeare, G. G. Giraffe in World Animals, Bubble Monkey, Octopus Puppet, Baby Dino in Egg Puppet, and Threading Cheese in Baby's First Sounds, Play at Home Saxophone, Bontempi Saxophone, and Accordion in Meet The Orchestra, Tin Wind-Up Ferris Wheel in Baby Newton, RC Dizzy Kitty in World of Words, and Machine Ball Factory in World of Colors.
* This is the last video to feature only the Clark daughters.
* In the initial 1998 and 1999 releases on VHS and CD, Bill Weisbach used MIDI files to compose the music. However, when Family Home Entertainment acquired Baby Einstein in 2000, he recomposed the songs by hand.
* This was the only video to be produced by Aigner-Clark Productions before the company renamed itself to The Baby Einstein Company in February 1999.
	+ This video was originally going to be produced by I Think I Can Productions, but as Julie Aigner-Clark had renamed the company to Aigner-Clark Productions, she had her newly renamed studio work on Baby Bach. In February 1999, she changed the name of her company from Aigner-Clark Productions to The Baby Einstein Company.
* This video and Lullaby Time were the basis of Baby Lullaby.
* Some of the songs in this video were later reused in Baby Lullaby.
* The Wind-Up Chicks and Crazy Train were shown in the Toys in Videos page in the Wayback Machine for some reason, but they were not shown in the video.
* The 2000 DVD has music from the Baby Bach Concert for Little Ears CD with Bedtime and Playtime. It has the same music as the CD enclosed on the 2000 VHS. However, Wachet Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimme BWV 140 after Toccata in D Minor used during the "Robots Awake" skit isn't on the Baby Bach Concert for Little Ears CD, but it's on the Baby Bach Soundtrack CD enclosed on the 2001-2002 VHS. In the Soundtrack CD, it has every song from the video except for Flute Sonata in E Flat BWV 1031 3rd Movement, because the 1st Movement of that piece takes place as an alternative on the Soundtrack CD. Some 2003 copies come with the 2002 Baby Bach Soundtrack CD on the VHS because the 2003 VHS is the same as 2002, besides the cover. However, in the CD enclosed on the 2004 VHS, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring BWV 147 by Johann Sebastian Bach is the only piece to be on the Baby Einstein Musical Audio Sampler CD enclosed on the 2004 VHS; dj100024 2.0 is the only enthusiast to have this Sampler CD.

## Discovery Cards

* Car (Ford 57 Thunderbird Model)
* Cat (RC Dizzy Kitty)
* Chicken (White Rikki Rooster)
* Clown (Harlequin Cone Puppet in 2003/Tabletop & Wall Mount Clown Clock in 2004)
* Dinosaur (Baby Dino in Egg Puppet)
* Fire Truck (Lights n' Sound Fire Engine)
* Fish (Pink Fish from Aqua Fun)
* Flower (Sunny the Singing Sunflower)
* Horn (Bird Trumpet)
* Owl (Snowy Owl Puppet)
* Robot (Black Atomic Robot)
* Sun (Sun Pendulum in 2003/Sun Balance Toy in 2004)
* Truck (Moving Moneybox)

## Crew

 Creator
 Sound design
 Music
Sierra Clark (*does not speak*)

## Gallery

Baby Bach/Gallery