a piano‚ Bach was in reality an organist‚ harpsichordist‚ violist and violinist. A pioneer of the Baroque period‚ Bach began musical tutelage under his father‚ a famous local violinist from his hometown of Eisenach‚ Germany. Born in 1685‚ the young Johann Sebastian had to live with his brother Johann Christoph from the tender young age of 9 after his parents had passed away. Through his brother‚ who has an organ player in church and had himself studied under Johann Pachelbel‚ Bach began learning
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Nischal Shrestha Perspectives in Music: Music 204 Concert Critique 2 Double Reed Recital November 21‚ 2014 It was Monday‚ November 17 cold and snowy outside Ophelia Paris Concert Hall‚ Truman State University but inside it was all warmth and light as Elaine AuBuchon started the Double Reed Recital. Having not been to any actual classical music concert‚ I was excited to hear the talent that we have in our campus. I took it upon myself to go with an open mind‚ without having any previous predispositions
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When Bach left the court of the Duke of Weimar and went to Köthen‚ his musical genius gets more clearly recognised. During 1717‚ Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen hired Bach to serve as his Kapellmeister‚ which is the director of music. Prince Leopold’s Calvinistic court required church music that is simple and plain in style in it’s worship. This caused Bach to take a break from composing organ music and devote himself more on secular music during his employment at Köthen in 1717 to 1723. As a skilled player
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to every Sunday service of the Lutheran church‚ by incorporating their own lines of poetry or ornamenting the melody in order to express and elaborate the message from the original hymn. A very well known adopter of the cantata was Johann Sebastian Bach; a Lutheran himself‚ his cantatas consisted of five to eight movements‚ some consisting of solo or duet arias and some consisting of fully ensemble choruses. 2. The collegium musicum was a collection of university students from the
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Music Appreciation Concert Report St. Louis Symphony Orchestra I would like to start off by saying that having the opportunity to attend the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra was an experience all in itself. The building as a whole was breath taking‚ and the music that was played was fascinating. The first piece played was by the composer George Frideric Handle. Handle was born on February 23‚ 1685 in Germany. He settled in England in 1712 and became something of a music establishment. Handle
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Music 105 March 7‚ 2012 Music Final Paper #2 DuPage Community Concert Band Concert Report On March 4‚ 2012‚ the DuPage Community Concert Band performed American Titled Songs at the College of DuPage. They performed a total of seven songs. I really enjoyed this concert. It featured many instruments like the trumpet‚ tuba and trombone. It was different from the concert I attended for my first concert report because it did not feature any stringed instruments. Something I found very different
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The San Bernardino Symphony has been Inland Southern California’s longest running professional orchestra. It was originally founded by nationally recognized conductor James K. Guthrie in 1929‚ and has provided world-class symphonic music for audiences around the region for 87 years. On Saturday‚ May 28‚ 2016 they performed their season closing “Finale Bravura”‚ which featured Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Magic Flute Overture”‚ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations”‚ David Popper’s “Hungarian
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the chorale reduction of the piece. After figuring the chords‚ I then attempted to remove each note that did not belong to the chord that it was with. For example‚ in bar 1‚ the first half of the bar is centered around the chord of G minor‚ however‚ Bach has placed an F# in the second beat. This F# acts as a neighbour note between the two G’s‚ but is not part of the G minor chord and therefore must be eliminated from the score if a chorale-like chordal structure is to be put in place. I then proceeded
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La Rondalla de Saltillo Concert Report La Rondalla de Saltillo‚ University Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro in Saltillo (UAAAN) is a musical organization of university students. In November 2009‚ turns 43 years old. This rondalla was released in November 1966 in the capital of Coahuila‚ in the city of Saltillo‚ where it takes its name. I saw this musical grouping in Michoacán‚ while they were on tour for Mexico‚ in Plaza De Armas a cultural place in that state. They play very good they are five
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Johan Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Thuringia‚ Germany on March 31‚ 1685. Bach had prestigious musical lineage and took multiple organist positions during the eighteenth century‚ creating famous pieces such as “Toccata and Fugue in D minor‚” also‚ and “Mass in B Minor‚” The “Brandenburg Concertos and “The Well-Tempered Clavier” Bach came from a family of musician. Bach’s father worked as the town musician in Eisenach. Where he taught Bach how to play the violin. At age seven‚ Bach went to school
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