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    Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in Western musical history. More than 1‚000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the Art of Fugue‚ Brandenburg Concerti‚ the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord‚ the Mass in B-Minor‚ the motets‚ the Easter and Christmas oratorios‚ Toccata in F Major‚ French Suite No 5‚ Fugue in G Major‚ Fugue in G Minor ("The Great")‚ St. Matthew Passion‚ and Jesu Der Du Meine Seele. He came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians in his family

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    accompanied solo song/texture of solo singer and accompaniment. | Concerto* | Composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra mainly. Large scale. | Mass | Musical work setting the texts of the ordinary of the mass. | Fugue* | Imitative section that is based on a single subject beginning with successive statements of the subject. | Motet* | Polyphonic vocal composition. Sacred/secular text in Latin or French. | Canzona | Instrumental work adapted from a chanson/several

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    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Music of any period reflects‚ in its own way‚ some of the same influences‚ tendencies‚ and generative impulses that are found in the other arts of that time (Donna‚ 2005). Thus the word "baroque‚" usually used despairingly by eighteenth-century art critics to describe the art and architecture of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries‚ came to be applied also to the music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. After some years after the death of Johann

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    Now 1717‚ Bach arrived to the court of Cothen to assume his position as chapel master. This rank was the highest given to a musician in the baroque era. Here in cothen Bach was under the rule of prince Leopold‚ who was a lover of the arts despite being a Calvinist and not allowing music to be used in the church. Leopold was a proficient musician on multiple instruments and would often times play with the orchestra during performances. Alongside this proficiency‚ Leopold also respected and treated

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    of MPD that include fugue and amnesia. Fugue is the loss of identity in which the person suffering from fugue would not know who they are‚ who their family and friends are‚ where they worked‚ etc. Amnesia is a temporary loss of memory. If a person experiences amnesia they are not going to remember a specific event or experience in their life. People with amnesia know who they are but do not know of a traumatic event that happened in their life. If someone has MPD then fugue and/or amnesia are

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    Johanna Sebastian Bach was a composer of the Baroque era‚ the most celebrated member of a large family of northern German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist‚ organist‚ and expert on organ building. Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Brandenburg Concertos‚ The Well-Tempered Clavier‚ the Mass in B Minor‚ and numerous other masterpieces of church and instrumental

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    A reformer who sought to change the ways of the Catholic Church was Martin Luther (1483-1546). Instead‚ he created a new branch of Christianity called Protestantism. He created this branch and also created new music to go along with it. One of his best known chorales is Ein feste Burg est unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God). This chorale set the framework for his branch of Christianity. The chorale he composed was so well-known that future composers used it in their pieces as well. This includes

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    “The 4 B’s” theme. The 4 B’s represent the composers Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)‚ Béla Bartók (1881-1945)‚ Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)‚ and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). The first piece was Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major‚ WTC Book II by Johann Sebastian Bach. Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major started with a higher upbeat feel on the high end of the piano. To offset the high-end notes‚ lower trills were thrown in sparingly while maintaining around 90% high end melody. Tempo for the piece

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    * Creates a chaotic life for the original personality * Different types of dissociative disorder * The Four dissociative disorders listed in the DSM IV are as follows: * Dissociative Amnesia * Dissociative Fugue * Depersonalization Disorder * Dissociative Identity Disorder II. Dissociative Amnesia * What is Dissociative Amnesia? * (Formerly Psychogenic Amnesia). The inability to recall important personal information

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    Analysis Of Dissociative Identity Disorder For Fight Club Introduction Most people experience instances of light dissociation‚ such as daydreaming or getting “lost in the moment” while doing their work. When dissociation becomes a severe mental disorder‚ dissociative identity disorder (DID) may be present. According to the Mayo Clinic‚ people with DID escape reality in involuntary and unhealthy ways (p.1). The study of DID is important because social problems such as childhood abuse contribute

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