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    Xinfeng, Wang Professor Kim Music 121 30 July 2016 Pachelbel Canon in D Major Canon, meaning regular pattern, is a kind of polyphony. A voice part of melody always chases with another voice part until the end of section or final chord. Pachelbel Canon in D Major, full Title-Canon and Gigue in D for three violins and Basso Continuo, was created by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. It is the most famous composition in canon music. Canon refers to the song’s structure and Gigue is a…

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    Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisensch (Turingia, Germany) on March 21, 1685 as an eight child to Johann Ambrosius Bach, and Maria Elizabeth Lammerhirt, and Eisensch is also the same place where Luther translated the New Testament into German 190 years before. Johann Ambrosius Bach, His father (1645¬¬-1695) was a church organist, his twin brother Johann Ambrosius was a string player, and a court trumpeter. Sebastian Bach was baptized in Saint George church three days after being born in…

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    With all the different cultures of the world one of the only common ties in society is the use of music. Even the most secluded locations still have their own form of music which in a way makes music a universal language. Over the course of history countless technological advances have impacted music differently. With the invention of the computer the way we create music has been rewritten. The use of the computer to create music has changed our culture at its foundation with advancing music…

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    of the Baroque-era. He was one of the most celebrated members of a large family of northern German musicians. He was a organist, harpsichordist, and an organ builder. Bach had composed many songs. Two songs that are well known of his are Toccata in Fugue D Minor and Mass in B Minor. His music is considered a prestigious lineage. Now a days Bach is considered as one of the greatest composers. Sebastian Bach was born March 31st, 1685 (N.S.) or March 21. 1685 (O.S.) in Eisenach, Thuringia,…

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    are still studying it today. Born on March 31, 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, Bach had a prestigious musical lineage and took on various organist positions during the early 18th century, creating famous compositions such as "Toccata and Fugue in D minor." Bach was a Lutheran and shared his beliefs with that subsection of Christianity. Some of his best-known compositions are the "Six Cello Suites," the "Brandenburg Concertos" and "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Bach had a tragic family…

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    Bach’s command of a variety of instruments, combined with his distinctive compositional voice and his mastery of technique, produced hundreds of compositions, including the famous cantata “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” and the organ piece “Toccata and Fugue in D minor.” Indeed, Bach is a historic figure to which music owes a great debt. Born on March 21, 1685, in Eisenach,…

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    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 notes but added an orchestra.…

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    The Life And Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a brilliant composer. He was born March 31, 1685, in Eisenach, Germany. His pieces of music are some of the most influential and important pieces in the history of music. If you mention the name Bach today most people they will know the name. He has changed the way music is performed and observed. Bach was a german composer and musician from the Baroque period. He made both instrumental and vocal music. Since the 19th-century…

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    Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis while Theology is the critical study of concepts of God and of the nature of religious ideas. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He was born in Eisenach into a great musical family and moved to Leipzig in 1723. He is extremely known for his German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmony, motivic development, use of rhythm, forms,…

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    Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 31st of 1685 in Eisenach, Germany. The youngest child of Johann Ambrosius and Elisabeth Bach. His father was employed as a court trumpeter and director of his town musicians. When Bach was only ten years old, both of his parents were dead and he was looked after by his eldest brother, Johann Chistoph, an organist at nearby Ohrdruf. Under the supervision of his brother, Bach received formal keyboarding lessons and eventually a position in the boys’ choir at…

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