Johann Sebastian Bach

Although most people would assume that since Christianity is a very popular and well supported religion that they would have a greater impacting role on the forms of art produced during the crusades. However, despite Christianity’s current popularity, Islamic beliefs had greater influence the arts during the crusades. When Islam made contact with Europe, they influenced numerous aspects of the European culture especially a few types of art. Some of the gifts the Muslims brought were new…

Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809) Symphony No. 40 in F major, 3rd movement - ‘Menuet e Trio’ Haydn was a master at composing symphonies with about 107 symphonies under his name ; all of which have some value to the musical landscape during the 18th century. Haydn was the forerunner which laid the foundations of the symphonic form for composers who came after him. For example, according to Wenborn, N (1997: 31) the four note theme used by Haydn in his 13th symphony was the same theme which Mozart used…

While both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance were fairly mild, the Baroque era got a little more complex. Baroque actually came from the Portuguese word barocco, meaning irregularly shaped pearl and referring to excessive ornamentation. This era was known for its scientific revolution; Sir Isaac Newton created his laws of gravity, Johaness Kepler discovered that the planets move around the son, William Harvey discovered the circulation, and Santorio Santorii created the thermometer. The…

“Through his clear, warm sound, unbelievable sense of swing, perfect grasp of harmony, and supremely intelligent and melodic improvisations, he taught us all to play jazz” (“History of Jazz”). In this quote, Wynton Marsalis was talking about Louis Armstrong. Jazz music has impacted the world and cultures, it shares in so many ways. Modern jazz has continued in this tradition, singing the songs of a more complicated urban existence. Now, jazz is exported to the world. Jazz music greatly…

By the Baroque we refer either to the historical period 1600 - 1750 that followed the Renaissance. The style of Baroque was a new way of expression that was born in Rome, Italy, from where it spread almost across Europe. It was characterized by a strong dramatic and emotional element, while it was mainly applied to architecture, sculpture and music, but is also found in literature or painting. The purpose of the Baroque is primarily to impress as well as exalt the person through his passions and…

favorite piece Waltz in A minor, is by him. The music, itself, was quite moving in the fact that you can tell feel the melodic swaying back and forth that the song portrayed. The fourth song, Prelude from Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Elena Casanova was a very cheery song, in comparison to the last three pieces. It gave me the emotion that I was rushed going somewhere. It resembled that of a Charlie Chaplin movie in which he was rushed to do something…

in my mind; The mischievous cat Tom chasing after the mouse Jerry. Of course, having did some research, I understood this piece of Bach’s was written in a twofold task of stimulating the contrasting ensemble forces of concerto grosso and concertino. Bach provided numerous indications of softs and louds in contrast of dynamics and pitch, and it also seemed to have a repeated dominant key. There was more of a rhapsodically melody of vibrancies and tones carried throughout this piece, thus being my…

I am of German-Irish decent, I chose to write about my German heritage. I am the fourth generation of German-American on my mother’s side and the fifth generation on my father’s side. I will report on the overview of Germany and its people, an artifacts that exist from my German culture, and a dress indicative of the culture. I will also include my own familial ties to the culture, and its traditions, cultural patterns that I identify with, as well as the influence the German heritage has on my…

of classrooms in Early Childhood Centers where we encourage children to paint to the music...and the resulting conversations about their representations. Especially in the first piece-Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by German Baroque maestro Johann Sebastian Bach.…

man, classical. Research shows music that tends to have nice rhythmic tones improve the body more then music with many words or loud and vigorous tone and beat changes. They recommend the artist like Johann Sebastian Bach, or Beethoven. An experiment where researchers gave a man headphones playing Bach during a stressful biopsy, showed that the man's blood pressure had no spike and the man stated that there was significantly less pain. That isn’t a…