It will only disappear if the US, Canada, Australia, et al, disappear too. No different than the classics of ancient Greece and Rome surviving the Visigoth occupation of Rome because they were kept in libraries in Ireland.
Organs can be rebuilt. The manuscripts might be lost, but in the US many film negatives for our treasures are gone and the movies still exist thanks to copies. I wouldn't worry about Bach's music being lost. I'd worry about the people who can actually stay awake through a 2 hour Bach only concert. I'm a classical musician, and trust me on this, there are other composers who were just as adventurous.
Maybe it's just a personal preference thing.
Are you saying that I have some kind of undiagnosed mental illness? ;-)
You’re right. I did think about the rest of the West and figured Europe’s works would be safe...as long as someone held out.
Interesting that the Irish kept the really important info from the past...never knew that.
Well I must be ready for the men in the white coats because I just spent the entire day listening to Bach (commercial-free) on the Symphony Hall radio station on Sirius/XM radio. That station devoted the entire day's programming to Bach in honor of his birthday.
To me, Bach never gets tired. I've been listening to the Brandenburg concertos for 20 years now and something new is revealed with each listen. And the Brandenburgs are among Bach's "simpler" works. Compositions such as the "Art of Fugue" and "Goldberg Variations" can occupy one for a lifetime.
They would have to be well tempered.