section_path: Reception
section_name: Reception
paragraph_text: Reception
  
  Throughout the 18th century, the appreciation of Bach's music was mostly limited to distinguished connoisseurs. The 19th century started with the publication of the first biography of the composer and ended with the completion and publication of all of Bach's known works by the Bach Gesellschaft. Starting with the Bach Revival, he began to be regarded as one of the greatest composers, a reputation he has maintained ever since. The BACH motif, used by the composer in his own compositions, was used in dozens of tributes to the composer from the 19th century to the 21st.