Who was Johann Sebastian Bach? Did he have any mathematical background? What is special about his music? Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous fugal German composer during the Baroque era. He is now known as the greatest composer of all time. The job of a fugal composer is to make the lines in music develop independently, and still fit everything together while playing the music. On the Organ, Bach proved that he could make a four-part fugue. He explored harmony much more deeply than other composers in that period of time such as Handel or Vivaldi. Bach's music can include unusual “jazzy” chords. The music he made didn’t have to be played on a specific instrument, the same pieces could be played on a piano that was meant for a guitar, in …show more content…
Johann’s 48 sets of Preludes and Fugues is one of the important bases of Western art music, covering all 24 major and minor keys each, twice.“A fugue is a style of musical composition where a Theme (melody) is introduced, and then repeated in one or more other voices. This is in contrast to modern songs which have a melody, usually sung or played by one voice, chords, and rhythm.” Bach's preludes and fugues for keyboard are one of the important music of western classical