composers. They are in order from 1st to 5th. As the first-most famous composer‚ Johann Sebastian Bach was consistently first place in online surveys. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer who lived from 1685-1750‚ part of the Baroque Period. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ‚ choir‚ as well as many other instruments. He spent most of his life as a church organist and a choir director. Even Bach‚ one of the famous ’3 B’s’ was inspired by other musicians. His music combines profound expression
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Johann Sebastian Bach Biography: Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21‚ 1685‚ in Eisenach‚ Thuringia‚ Germany‚ into a large and distinguished family of professional musicians. His father‚ named Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ was a violinist and trumpeter‚ employed by the city of Eisenach. His uncles were church organists‚ court musicians and composers. His mother and father died before Bach was 10. As an orphan‚ he moved in with
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similar to that of the Greeks‚ it helped create a new style that would last through the ages to what we know today as Opera. The Baroque period was marked today as the achievements of the two most known composers Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friederick Handel‚ but they were not the only composers of the Baroque period. Antonio Vivaldi was a composer during this period‚ manly known for his concertos “Four Seasons”‚ “Opus 3”‚ and his many student exercises. Antonio did not get his start as a
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late 16th century and focused on the subject of religious texts. Oratorios‚ unlike operas‚ perform without costumes‚ scenery or action and are often divided into two distinctive parts. Popular composers of the oratorio are J.S. Bach‚ Antonio Vivaldi‚ and George Frederic Handel. The cantata‚ in early history confused with oratorio‚ consists of recitatives and set pieces which include arias‚ duets and choruses often in religious
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(Shakespeare)‚ Zappa 7‚ Duple: (ex. Handel Water Music CML #73) Triple: (ex. Mozart Minuet #74) Monophony - single voice (not necessarily one voice). . . unaccompanied melody PLAY CML – Kyrie (chant) Song Texture (Homophony) - single voice with accompaniment most familiar texture PLAY CML (Mozart Sym. #40) - medium PLAY CML (Ravel Pavane) – complex Chordal Harmony – all parts move together (familiar choir texture) PLAY CML Arise Ye Russian People PLAY CML Bach: Chorale Polyphony - two or more
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the second violin in the opera orchestra. Handel wrote his first Italian opera in his 20‚ and all together he composed 40 operas‚ as well as oratorios and instrumental pieces. Handel realized his talent for music and joined the orchestra at Hamburg‚ Germany; where he became an accomplished organist and violinist. He held a position as a court musician‚ for a little while‚ with the elector of Hanover‚ but wanted a career in London. After leaving Hanover‚ Handel arrived in London and found his love for
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The cantata addresses a religious topic‚ but it is not narrative. Rather it is a collection of commentary set to music‚ and the cantata is used in worship. In the religious music orb‚ the work methods of the two most important composers‚ G.F. Handel and J.S. Bach differed extensively. As early as the middle of the seventheenth century‚ the aria had supplanted the recitative as the most important musical component of the opera. This hierarchy remained intact throughout the Baroque period. The earlier
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is similar in some respects to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major‚ first movement (1756-1791) from the classical era. The baroque period was highlighted by famous composers such as Bach‚ Monteverdi‚ Purcell‚ Vivaldi‚ and Handel. Each of these composers were famous in their own right but Bach and Handel are often some of the most recognized names in Musical history. Most of the time
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The Italian author and violinist Arcangelo Corelli practiced a wide impact on his peers and on the succeeding era of writers. Conceived in Fusignano‚ Italy‚ in 1653‚ a full era before Bach or Handel‚ he contemplated in Bologna‚ a recognized musical focus‚ then settled himself in Rome in the 1670s. By 1679 had entered the administration of Queen Christina of Sweden‚ who had taken up home in Rome in 1655‚ after her surrender the prior year‚ and had set up there an institute of literati that later turned
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School of Musical Composition. Palestrina’s music is best known as the pinnacle of the Renaissance polyphony. His masses were influential in the development of the Baroque period‚ and his Missa sine nomine had an obvious effect on Johann Sebastian Bach who was performing this mass while
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