Baroque Period – Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor The Toccata and Fugue in D minor‚ BWV 538‚ is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Like the better-known BWV 565‚ BWV 538 also bears the titleToccata and Fugue in D Minor‚ although it is often referred to by the nickname Dorian — a reference to the fact that the piece is written without a key signature — a notation that is uncommon today and leads one to assume the Dorian mode. However‚ the two pieces are quite different musically‚ it is nearly
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After the completion of the Hammerklavier‚ Beethoven’s passion for the piano sonata refused to dissipate. The next three piano sonatas‚ written over the span of three years‚ have consecutive opus numbers: Op. 109 in E major‚ Op.110 in A flat Major‚ and Op.11 in C minor. Beethoven clearly approached his last three piano sonatas as a single project. In the letters to Adolf Schlesinger dated 30 April 1820 and 20 September 1820‚ Beethoven mentioned that: “I am also very willing to sell you some new sonatas
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around me. I attended the concert on October 5 at 8:00pm. Contrapunctus XIX‚ from The Art of the Fugue‚ BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach‚ Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss and Symphony No.7 in A major‚ Op.92 by Ludwig Van Beethoven were performed. The style of Contrapunctus XIX‚ from The Art of the Fugue‚ BWV 1080 is set progresses to double‚ triple‚ and mirror fugues‚ culminating in a quadruple fugue. Metamorphosen is a memorial elegy. Symphony No.7 in A major‚ Op.92 is in four movements‚ Poco sostenuto
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The Biography of Johann Sebastian Bach Many people today look back to the writings and works of Johann Sebastian Bach‚ “Bach‚” to learn and admire the indelible marks and influence that he was to the world of music as a composer‚ organist‚ harpsichordist‚ violist‚ and violinist of the Baroque Period. Bach was born in 1685 in Eisenach‚ a town in Thuringia‚ Germany; he was raised and spent most of his life there. Because a scarcity of finances his career and himself were limited to where he could
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Sebastian Bach was one of these composers and he is known for compositions such Toccata & Fugue D Minor (Baroque‚ 2012). During the Baroque era Fugue became a very popular and celebrated style of music and Bach loved to create fugues. During the Baroque Era fugues became central to compositions and demonstrated the technical prowess of the composer (Baroque‚ 2012). A fugal composition includes the fugue technique which includes two or more voices that sing about the same theme and imitate one another
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Describe briefly the three periods in Beethoven’s life. The Early Period is from 1782 to 1802‚ often divided into 2 sub-periods‚ the Bonn and the Vienna period. In the first sub-period‚ Beethoven wrote music works without opus numbers (WoO). Some significant works includes Variations on a March by Dressler‚ WoO 63 and Three Piano Sonatas in E flat‚ f and D‚ WoO 47. The 2nd movement in f minor‚ a key rarely used as that time gives a passionate mood. CPE Bach‚ whose works were studied by Beethoven
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There are many similarities between Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor and Mozart’s Symphony no. 40 in G Minor. For example‚ both works have extremely recognizable motives. These works have been played on commercials‚ in advertising‚ and in places most people can’t even pinpoint. One of the main reasons is that these works carry strong motives that reoccur both rhythmically and melodically throughout the pieces. The opening four notes to Beethoven’s work may possibly be the most recognizable
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Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer‚ organist and teacher‚ who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music‚ and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle Baroque era. “Canon in D” One of Pachelbel favorite pieces and probably one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music. Many different versions have emerged for this
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The most famous of Bach’s clavier works is the set of preludes and fugues called “The Well- Tempered Clavier.” The Well- Tempered Clavier was a series of compositions for keyboard in which he explored a tuning of the keyboard that was "well-tempered." The Well-Tempered Clavier was split into two parts and each part consists of twenty-four preludes and fugues‚ one prelude and one fugue in each of the twelve major and minor keys. Part 1 was completed in Cothen in 1722‚ part 2 was completed in Leipzig
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Although this artifact of study varies from the standard artifact in rhetorical study‚ there is much to be said about the uses of rhetorical devices in relation to their musical 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
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