During the Baroque Age‚ Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist in this time period. From the age of nine‚ J.S Bach was orphaned both of his parents had died and was adopted by his brother’s name Christoph who was an organ player. Christoph taught Bach’s how to construct organs from the frequent repairs that had to be made to the church organ. For the most part‚ Bach was self-taught by copying music in order to learn the musical style and to get music. Later in 1707‚ Bach was hired
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English Suite No. 2 Prelude in A minor BWV 807 J.S. Bach(1685-1750) Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Germany into a very musical family. He was a significant composer and organist. His life can be divided into the period of Weimar‚ Köthen and Leipzig. At his young age‚ he was given a religious education which had deeply affected the development of his composing career. In his lifetime‚ he composed many organ‚ keyboard‚ chamber and vocal works using religious theme‚ German
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Types of Listeners Casual Listeners • Most common • Likes having music playing‚ filling the environment with sounds • Views music primarily as a mood enhancer or as pleasant part of the environment • Johann Sebastian Bach - Air from Suite No.3 in D major o Slow and relaxing pace – often used for meditation Referential Listeners • Relate music almost exclusively to outside experiences • These external references are so strong that the music is not really heard anymore; instead‚ the
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Monophonic Hildegard of Bingen‚ Columbia aspexit (L 1/8) Homophonic Wolfgang A. Mozart‚ Piano Concerto No. 21‚ in C‚mvt. ii (MEB 1/4) Ludwig van Beethoven‚ The Ruins of Athens‚ “Turkish March” (MEB 1/9) Polyphonic‚ imitative Johann Sebastian Bach‚ The Art of Fugue‚ Contrapuntcus 1 Polyphonic‚ nonimitative Sergey Prokofiev‚ Montagues and Capulets‚ Dance of the Knights- Mid-section combination of textural types: Georges Bizet‚ L’Arlésienne Suite‚ “Farandole” LISTENING
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Bach Fugue 16 in G Minor‚ BWV 861 Analysis Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue 16 in G Minor is an example of a conventional fugue. What is interesting about this piece is that the body of the fugue is comprised of fragments of the subject and countersubject. The material within the episodes are a unique to this fugue. Also‚ inversions are found in key spots within the piece‚ and also create a similarity between the answer and countersubject. Within the first 3 measures‚ you find Bach brilliantly
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1. Enlightenment Setting a. The Enlightenment is a combination of the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution‚ marked with a sense of less spirituality and more secularism. i. Less spirituality‚ more secularism. ii. During this time‚ people questioned authority more than ever before. People wanted equality – or at least semi-equality – where the masses weren’t dirt-poor and the middle class totally unobtainable. iii. Not only were more people learned (thanks to the printing press in the Renaissance)
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J. S. Bach (1685-1750) : Prelude & Fugue in G minor‚ BWV 861 Book: Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Composed in: 1722 Publish year: 1722 Background Johann Sebastian Bach was as “the Father of Music” who devoted himself to music education in his later years and brought great influence to the classical music world. The Well-Tempered Clavier‚ a collection of solo keyboard music (harpsichord)‚ was a good example. J.S. Bach’s music requested high technical command and artistic beauty. With
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On December 10th at 7pm‚ I tried attended a concert at the Center for Music & Worship Arts. The room 160 was big enough to hold a full orchestra‚ but it was canceled so I had to attend another one. The one I attended was at Towns Alumni Lecture Hall. The concert‚ or the service was at 7 pm. The title of the concert was called A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols‚ and it was a sixth annual service sponsored by Liberty University School of Music. The director was Dr. John Hugo and the Liberty University
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THE BACH CIACONNA IN D MINOR‚ A LIFE OF ITS OWN Natalie W. Chang Graduate Survey in Music History‚ MUSC 7020 November 26‚ 2012 Introduction It is hard to imagine a world without Johann Sebastian Bach‚ a world devoid of his absolute brilliance. And yet‚ he himself found no brilliance in his work‚ as he had an innate sense of continuous self-improvement through learning from and imitating other composers. For such a master at his craft‚ he was
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spaces‚ domes‚ and large masses as seen in the Royal Palace at Versailles‚ Trevi Fountain in Rome‚ Salzburg Cathedral and Mirabell Palace in Salzburg. In music‚ the Baroque style makes up a large part of classical music. Important composers include Johann Sebastian Bach‚ George Handel‚ and Antonio Vivaldi. This style’s popularity was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church‚ which had decided at the Council Of Trent that the arts should portray religious themes and direct emotional involvement in
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