Arnstadt‚ but he soon conflicted with church authorities. At age twenty-three‚ he went to Mühlhausen‚ and married his cousin‚ Barbara. After these two jobs‚ Bach became the court organist of Weimar. While involved in the Lutheran church‚ Bach composed cantatas‚ multi-movement works for the choir and orchestra. He
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Unit 3 – Music of the Baroque 1. Name two important visual artists (such as painters) and also two important writers of literature (such as poets) from the Baroque Period. Do not name musicians. (Visual Artists) - Peter Paul Rubens & Artemisia Gentileschi / (Writers)- John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont 2. Write a paragraph about “The Baroque Style”. The baroque style was very well suited to the wishes of the aristocracy‚ who were enormously rich and powerful during the seventeenth and eighteenth
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where he wrote many church cantatas and possibly some of his best compositions for the organ while working for the duke. Some-time later‚ while working at St. Thomas Church‚ he was required to teach at the school as a part of his organist position as well. With new music needed for services each week‚ Bach turned to writing cantatas. When compared to Handel‚ Bach did not write operas; although he had an instinct to create drama. This is shown through many of the oratorios that he wrote. Handel is very
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Baroque Era saw the eruption of the opera‚ concerto and oratorio genre. Opera begun to spread throughout Europe becoming the ultimate multimedia experience of the day. Concerto became the most important orchestral genre during the period. While oratorio remained glued to its beginning of sacred religious vocal music. Each genre adding great composers to the already hefty list. Composer George Handel is most famous for the oratorio Messiah as well his opera Julius Caesar‚ while Vivaldi championed
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Cited: "Music." The End of Europe_Middle Ages. 1998. University of Calgary. 14 July 2005 . "Oratorio." Nationmaster "The Enlightenment (1600-1790)." SparkNotes. 17 July 2005 .
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many church cantatas and chamber music for small audiences. Once Handel was 18 years old‚ he decided to fully pursue music and took a violinist’s posistion at the Hamburg Opera’s Goosemarket Theater. While Handel was working as a violinist he had earned some attention for his skill to play the organ. It was 1704 when Handel made his debut composing operas. Almira was Handel’s first opera‚ it became very successful and was performed 20 times. Handel went on to compose more successful operas which inspired
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Baroque Dates: (1600-1750) 1. What does “musical style” mean? Different types of musical compositions developed throughout different eras 2. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? New ideas and art was being introduced everywhere. It was a time of personal expression and drama. There was controversy between Catholics and Protestants which caused long periods of religious war. It was also a time of scientific research and astronomical studies. 3. Was did
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orchestral works‚ operas‚ organ concertos‚ anthems and oratorios who accomplished great success in England‚ was born on February 23rd 1685 and died on April 14th 1759. In 1741 he stopped composing operas‚ and focused on oratorios with his greatest composition‚ Messiah. This was during a time when illiteracy was widespread and written copies of the Bible were expensive and difficult for the ordinary citizen to acquire‚ Handel became excited about Jennens’ concept and pioneered the “oratorio‚” a musical
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ESNL 0081 Ana Loredo 10/31/2012 Essay 1 Traveling is a very exciting thing. Some people like to travel with several friend. Other people‚ however would prefer to travel alone. As far as I am concerned‚ traveling with my friends the trip would be more interesting‚ better‚ and fun. why do some people like to travel alone? For one thing‚ they can experience more freedom. They can choose witch places they really want to go. They can just arrange there schedule according
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Respiration is a process which releases energy from energy-rich molecules such as glucose. The glucose is converted into energy which is usable for life processes. Burning‚ or combustion‚ is a reaction between a substance and a gas to release energy. These two reactions have many similarities but are not the same. This essay will identify some of similarities and differences between the two processes. The first similarity is that both respiration and burning use oxidation to release energy. In respiration
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