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 stayed a constant andante tempo
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polyphonic and concerted music at church services. Bach was best known during his lifetime as an organist‚ organ consultant‚ and composer of organ works in both the traditional German free genres such as preludes‚ fantasias‚ and toccatas and stricter forms‚ such as chorale preludes and fugues. According to Ahti Tarkkanen’s historical article Blindness of Johann Sebastian Bach‚ “At the age of 64 years‚ his vision started to decline. By persuasion of his friends‚ he had his both eyes operated by a
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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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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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Many musical scholars believe that J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel are the two most important‚ influential composers of the Baroque period. Both of these men were born in Germany in 1685‚ and since they came into existence around the same time‚ they share some similarities. As an introductory statement‚ Bach and Handel were born into two very different families. Handel did not come from a musical family; his father wanted him to study law. By age nine‚ his talent was too obvious for his father to ignore
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9 6. Fantasy in D minor‚ mm. 87-107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7. Mozart: Fugue Opening from Fantasy and Fugue in
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this time was to write to honor God. During the Baroque period‚ many composers developed more elaborate musical embellishments. Changes were made in musical notation and advancements in instrumental playing techniques were achieved. The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is a two-part musical work for the organ. The three most famous notes in classical music are thought to be those that begin this piece of work. “The late organist Virgil Fox said those three notes are
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Music Knowledge By Referring to the score of each List piece‚ candidates can be asked to: Name and/or explain any notes‚ rests‚ signs‚ terms its title and its key/tonality Identify (on the appropriate score) any key changes that occur‚ or explain other types of tonal organizations (atonal‚ pentatonic) Explain form‚ through a detailed structural analysis. Where the piece is a movement from a larger work‚ brief knowledge of its relationship to the other movements in the work is expected Either
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large scale works including passions‚ 274 chorales‚ 223 organ works‚ and numerous cannons‚ fugues‚ chamber music‚ and lute pieces. Most famous for being an organist‚ Bach used many German styles. Perhaps one of his most famous works‚ Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier”‚ is a collection of solo keyboard music that he composed. This collection‚ also known as the “Well-Tempered Keyboard”‚ consists of 48 preludes and fugues in all of the major and minor keys. Compiled over a span of many years‚ these works are
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theme‚ the cornerstone of baroque music is b. The Fugue 3.) The large group of players in the Concerto Grosso is known as the c. The Tutti 4.) Terraced dynamics refers to d. A sudden alteration from one dynamic level to another 5.) The word movement in music refers to e. A piece that sounds fairly complete and independent but is part of a larger composition 6.) When the subject of the Fugue is presented in the dominant scale it is called f
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