as does the music of Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a talented composer and pianist of the classical era. Mozart’s music had a bold expression with complexity and depth. He composed many sonatas‚ symphonies‚ masses‚ concertos and operas. Johann Sebastian Bach of German descend‚ was a multitalented composer and musician. He was a well-known organist‚ pianist‚ violinist‚ harpsichordist‚ of the Baroque era. Mozart’s music is different than that of Bach’s in the sense that the orchestras differ
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•DEFINITION •GENERAL FEATURES •LITERARY STYLE •THE RISE of the NOVEL •MAIN AUTHORS What is an Augustan Age? A period which is considered the most important and productive for the high forms of literary expression it produces. Every national Literature has its “Augustan Age”: Corneille‚ Racine‚ Molière in France; in the Roman Empire: Virgil‚ Ovid‚ Horace. The name Augustan derives from Emperor Augustus. The AUGUSTAN AGE 1688 – James II is removed from the throne:Glorious Revolution 1776 – America
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Johann Sebastian Bach composed this piece. This piece is part of the St Matthew Passion‚ BWV244. It is a musical composition from the Passions written by Bach in 1727. The St Matthew Passion is written for solo voices‚ double choir and double orchestra. Picander (Christian Friedrich Henrici) is the libretto of this composition. This is a scared music. Only 2 out of 4 or 5 setting of the Passions survived. Bach was a devouted Christian‚ so he composed it for Good Friday. Gerne will ich mich bequemen
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Bach is known for repeating a lot according to Johann Mattheson‚ and his playing skill on organ during that that was one of a kind where no one can compare. Even though during that time period there are other great player such as Frescobaldi and Carissimi‚ but Bach’s abilities to perform on keyboard have been way higher than their skill. In addition‚ Bach uses his composition as etude to help his student to master the skill on playing in clavier. He is known for adding ornamentation at the perfect
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J.S. Bach Flute Sonata in B minor (BWV 1030): the development of the Baroque Flute‚ the flautists and the music Johann Sebastian Bach (J.S. Bach) is no doubt one of the greatest composers of all times. He composed many works for flute including works for solo flute‚ flute with harpsichord and/or continuo and‚ two flutes and harpsichord. However‚ there has been a controversy‚ over the flute works‚ whether they were composed solely by the composer‚ assisted by someone or under the guidance of J.S
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Italian families from Cremona made the violin and their work has not been surpassed even to this day. Violin sonatas were written in Italy. Also‚ harpsichords and clavichords had been perfected which were the forerunners of the piano. In 1685-1750 Johann Sebastian Bach became one of the most famous musicians the world has ever known. This man was an organist‚ violinist‚ and player of both the harpsichord and clavichord. He composed music‚ taught it and directed choirs in Leipzig; wrote over 300 cantatas
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Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata 140 -Exam: everything is on it but no music Cantata -cantata = that which is sung 1.Ranges from single movement for one soloist to multiple movements for soloists(s)‚ chorus‚ and orchestra (like Cantata 140) 2.Sung during a service of worship 3.Based on a hymn tune 4.Bach uses the familiar melody of the original hymn tune (ie. A chorale) in the two movements that we have (first and last) [the beautiful high pitches are chorale melodies drawn out.] chorale:
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many of his pieces before he could get anyone?s opinion on them and he burned all of his compositions that he wrote before the age of 19. Johannes Brahms was born on Tuesday 7th may 1833‚ in the city of Hamburg the birthplace also of Mendelssohn. Johann Brahms was himself a musician‚ and played the double bass for a time at the Karl Schultze Theatre‚ and later in the Stadttheater orchestra. In 1847 Johannes attended a good Burgerschule (citizens? school)‚ and in 1848 a better‚ that of one Hoffmann
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Reflections on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind “Reflections on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind” was written by Johann Gottfried Herder. He starts of by stating the simple fact that no two things are alike. Whether he is talking about leaves off the same tree‚ or humans‚ everything is slightly different in appearance. Although items may closely resemble each other‚ they have characteristics that make them different in one way or another. Herder goes on to argue no person is the
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pearl”; it is a negative description of the elaborate and heavily ornamented music of this period. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon‚ being widely studied‚ performed‚ and listened to. Composers of the baroque era include Johann Sebastian Bach‚ George Frideric Handel‚ Antonio Vivaldi and Georg Philipp Telemann. The development of functional tonality happened during the baroque period. Functional tonality is the relationship between chords (cadences - perfect‚ imperfect
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