July of 1724‚ Bach developed a cantata format after his arrival in Leipzig‚ and cantats became an important part of life for the people of 17th century. Meine Seel erhebt den Herren is part of a second annual cycle of 40 church cantatas composed for the choristers of the Thomaskirche. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren was a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment‚ typically in several movements‚ which were sung by professional musicians accompanied by choir. Cantatas were religious text
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influenced music ever since it has been written and published. Bach was known as a great teacher‚ and his students are what motivated him to write The Well Tempered Clavier‚ a monstrosity of a collection of Harpsichord/Keyboard works. Bach revolutionized music for many years to come and numerous other composers were influenced by his works. This is indeed why the musical trinity has been formed by classical musicians‚ because without Bach (the father)‚ there is no way that Beethoven (the son)‚ Brahms
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Germany as the youngest child of a church organist father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)‚ and a mother‚ Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt (1644-1694) and into a great musical family‚ stretching back seven generations. Bach’s family was devoutly Lutheran. Bach learned violin and music theory from his father and organ from Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721). In 1692‚ when Bach was seven years old‚ he attended Lateinschule in Eisenach and studied religion‚ Latin
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Bach‚ Well Tempered Clavier Historical Background of the Fugue and how it fits into the greater context of Bach’s careers. Introduction The fugue can be defined by Schulenberg as ‘A contrapuntal composition (or section or movement of a larger work) in which a theme‚ called a subject‚ is introduced in one voice and then imitated repeatedly at different pitch levels or in different keys by all of the parts’. The fugue originates from the Renaissance motet‚ an instrumental piece from the 16th and
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Baroque era‚ J.S. Bach was a brilliant artist of his era. Known today for his polyphony style‚ masterpieces of church‚ and instrumental music‚ the works of the German composer are said to be the greatest of all time. Although he was known as an excellent organist than a composer during his life‚ his musical compositions would have stand the test of time and continue to demonstrate his innovative style of melody and harmony. Of the many 17th century composers‚ Johann Sebastian Bach notably paved the
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equivalents. I chose to study Bach because of my appreciation for his music‚ the complexity‚ and the overall relevance in the musical world. Without having known any connections between music theory and rhetoric‚ some brief investigation led me to several meaningful sources that showed me those connections. I have come to realize that there is more research and information on musical rhetoric‚ even in connection to Bach‚ than I had previously realized. First‚ I will discuss who J.S. Bach is and his importance
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German Baroque composer. He was born on March 21‚ 1685‚ in Eisenach‚ Germany. He was a member of one of the most superior musical families of all time. For over 200 years‚ the Bach family had some of the most excellent composers and performers. His father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695) lived in Eisenach since 1671 as string player‚ town piper and court trumpeter. In 1668‚ Bach’s father married Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (1644-1694) from Erfurt‚ who also grew up in a
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685 in the town of Thuringia‚ Germany where he was raised and spent most of his life. Due to a shortage of expenses‚ he was confined to a very limited geographical space‚ as was his career. This greatly affected his‚ in that his music was not as widley known as other composers of the time. On traveling he never went farther north than Hamburg or farther south than Carlsbad. To look back on the life of Bach many have referred
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Jacob Zeller Professor Davidson History of Music 114:01 15 November 2012 Bach v. Handel When thinking of composers‚ whose works changed the world of music forever‚ many names may come to mind. Among those on that list‚ both Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel are figures whose effect on music has been felt worldwide. Born in the same year‚ these composers have much in common and many differences that illustrate their importance to their era and music as we see it today. Their individualism
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Annotated bibliography of the solo cello works of J. S. Bach Resource 1: Butt‚ J. 1999. Bach Cello Suites. Early Music‚ Vol. 27‚ No. 2‚ Instruments and Instrumental Music pp. 340 342 Oxford University Press http://www.jstor.org/stable/3128691 Accessed: 6th of July. 2011 John Butt wrote an article in the Early Music magazine about two latest recordings on Bach’s cello suites‚ at that time‚ performed by two well-known cellists‚ Paolo Beschi and Jaap ter Linden. They represent two distinctly
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