Bach's Music

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He was a devout christian, he wished that his all music could serve the God and also most of his works are religious music. The biggest achievement of Bach was that he developed the polyphonic music, in his area, he stranded the highest level position. To compare with Bach with Mozart and Beethoven, Mozart is like a happiness of the God, Beethoven is like the God’s powerful, but Bach is language of the God. In personal opinion, Bach’s music is more connotative and complex. Bach had composed 228 church cantatas( including 21 lost or incomplete), 49 secular cantatas( including 16 lost), 17 latin church music, 10 oratorios, 10 motets, 192 chorales, 75 sacred, 66 organ works, 7 lute works, 31 orchestral, 39 chamber works which include Bach sonata

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