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 and numerous accomplishments for the organ‚ harpsichord‚ clavichord and for small orchestras! George Handel (1685-l759) was a composer‚ as Bach‚ but was most well known for composing Italian operas
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1.) Purcell‚ Dido and Aeneas‚ Act III‚ Dido’s Lament (10 September 1659 - 21 November 1695) Purcell was an English Baroque composer. He has often been called England’s finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music. His brief career began at the court of Charles II and on through the turbulent times of James II and finally into the period of William and Mary. Purcell’s music ranks among the finest
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Lillian Hikmah Professor Kevin Cummines Intro to Music 21 November 2013 Applied Questions 2: 1. Discuss the use of music in Catholic and Protestant worship practice‚ from the development of polyphony‚ through the music of J.S. Bach. In so doing‚ discuss the shift in responsibility for musical development from the Catholic Church to the Lutheran Church. During the middle Ages‚ the Catholic Church was the sole contributor to musical development. The music of the early church was monophonic‚ and had
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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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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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modular moorings. Prelude‚ Trio‚ and Fugue in G Major‚ BWV 541- Johann Sebastian Bach (1705) The Prelude and Fugue in G Major‚ BMV 541 is one of Bach’s most extravagant free works. The prelude consolidates the toccata figuration of the North German stylus phantasticus with the cadenced drive of the Vivaldian concerto. The rehashed note fugue subject‚ a genuinely normal device in German praeludia‚ bears a specific similitude to other Bach fugues‚ however the G-real fugue has its own identity take note
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Ludwig Van Beethoven (December 16‚ 1770 – March 26‚ 1827) He was a German composer of Classical music‚ the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest of composers‚ and his reputation inspired – and in some cases intimidated – composers‚ musicians‚ and audiences who were to come after him. Beethoven’s first music teacher was his father‚ who worked as a musician in the Electoral court at Bonn. Beethoven’s
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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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Anna Diers MUS 242 Dr. Lynn Little 08 November 2013 Bach’s Fugue in G Minor‚ WTC Book I 1. Bach was a piano teacher‚ and often approached his music as a teaching tool. To display how easily moving from one key to the next could be‚ he utilized the Well Tempered Clavier and the book can often be thought of from this standpoint. According to Sigland Bruhn‚ “ It aims to help you‚ its reader‚ achieve a creative understanding and interpretation of Bach’s preludes and fugues by encouraging you to
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out the movie. During a game Mozart is dared to play a little tune in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach. This is in fact an error‚ because nobody could remember Bach in the late seventeen eighty’s. In truth he was completely forgotten about when he died seventeen fifty and remained forgotten until Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi discovered some of his work in the early eighties. It is possible that Mozart knew Bach‚ but it is very unlikely that normal people‚ without thorough musical training‚ knew
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