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    Considered one of his most famous pieces, Bach 's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" speaks a lot, both technically as well as contextually. Initially, my reaction for the piece was positive, with the notion that it would be used to accompany theatric performance of some sort. I noticed the song was composed in a way to have both slow and fast parts, as well as being complex yet easy to follow. Upon looking into Bach 's religious beliefs and lifestyle, in addition to the time period this was composed in, my view on the song changed. The emotional reaction after learning about its history was a lot more powerful, after knowing that this piece was crafted for church. Words such as repenting sins and shame come to mind while listening to this piece, contrary to the initial thoughts of "someone dies in a play." This piece consists of an organ playing two sections, one being a fast paced section with a wide range (toccata), with the other largely being a melody played at several different tones (fugue). Beginning by…

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    Psychogenic Fugue

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    Psychogenic Fugue Tutkun, Hamdi, et al. "Frequency of Dissociative Disorders among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Turkish University Clinic." The American Journal of Psychiatry 155.6 (1998): 800-5. ProQuest. Web. 30 Sep. 2015. Introduction – The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of dissociative disorders among psychiatry patients in a clinic in Turkey by using standardized assessment tests. The researchers also wanted to determine the differences between patients who were diagnosed…

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    Bach 1st Movement Analysis

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    J.S Bach, who born in 1686 and died in 1750, was the first one who deals with contrapuntal counterpoint. Today, I’m going to talk about the 1st movement & second movement of Brandenburg Concerto No.2. Brandenburg Concertos were written by Bach, while he worked at Cothen. Baroque Concerto is a small group of soloists pitted against a larger group of players called tutti, which consists mainly the string instruments, with a harpsichord as a basso continuo. 1st movement of this concerto is in…

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    early 18th century,creating famous compositions like “Toccata and Fugue in D minor of his .”Some of his best-known compositions are the “Mass in B Minor”. August 1703 Bach was appointed organist and choirmaster at the church of St Boniface in Arnstadt with a good salary and relatively light duties. However, he came frequently into conflict with the church. In June 1708 Bach was appointed organist and court musician to Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar. Bach and Duke there date many of his best…

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    In Baroque period, People were interested to listen to music, and the rulers were searching for the best artists to work for them. Due to this great interest in music, many good songs were composed. Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the talented artists in Baroque Era. His great piece “ Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 (“Little”) was one of his organ works. In my opinion, the best version of the piece was the orchestral version that was arranged later by Leopold Stokowski in 1940. Stokowski kept Bach’s…

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    ”1 J.S Bach began learning music as a child; his father taught him the violin, organ and harpsichord. Unfortunately, both of J.S Bach’s parents past away when he was 10 years old, leaving him to be raised by his brother. Bach began attending school due to the reformation around the age of 5. He was taught under the Lutheran faith and learnt subjects like Latin and Grammar; and despite being frequently absent was still one of the top students. Then, as an adult, Bach worked in places like…

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    Johann Sebastian Bach is considered to be one of the best composers of the baroque period,and an important figures in classical music.Born on March 31,1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia,Germany.He mostly grew up with a family of composers,that stretches back several generations.It is said that his father,Johann Ambrosius,taught Johann how to play the violin when he was young.When he was seven years old,Bach went to school,there he received religious instructions in Lutheran,this would later influence…

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    Choral Performance Make-Up Project Composer-Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous composer and organist. He was born on March-21-1685. He was born in Eisenach Germany and died at age 65 on July-28-1750 in Leipzig Germany. Johann was a father of over twenty children. He had seven with his first wife but four out of the seven died. Johann also had 13 more children with his second wife Anna Magdalena unfortunately only six made it to adulthood the others died at…

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    popular his family was for their music. Both of his parents died by 1695, and was looked after by his eldest brother who was a pupil of Johann Pachelbel, and he “gave Johann Sebastian his first formal keyboard lessons.” Bach moved around quite a bit in Germany, moving to various courts, and was an influential composer of church music for Protestants in Germany. During the Arnstadt period, Bach devoted himself to keyboard music, like the organ. It was during this time where he adopted the…

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    J. S. Bach Research Paper

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    texture in music that comprises of two or more concurrent melodic lines. It became popular in music during the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1400-1600). Polyphony was used in music in order to bring a certain splendor to the performance. However, during the Baroque period, Bach was famously known for his polyphonic pieces that were distinct and unique. The Baroque period supplemented polyphony music with aspects such as counterpoint, harmony, and notation. Bach dedicated much of his…

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