Johann Sebastian Bach

only Johann Sebastian Bach. Now I’d like to tell you a little about Bach’s legendary life. He was born on March 31, 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. Bach was born into a family of musicans, which could explain his success in the musical world. His father was na,ed Johann Ambriosius. He was the town musician. It is believed that Bach’s father taught him to play the violin. When Bach turned 7 years of age he went to…

The only person who can stop you is yourself. Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel are two composers of the Baroque Period who have made contributions to classical music, whether it is secular or Christian. Bach and Handel have similar influences, different contribution, and communal affects. Although the lives of Bach and Handel are quite different, they are like two lost twin brothers. In 1685 Europe is blessed with the birth of both Bach and Handel. Germany is their shared home;…

works of many Catholic composers from southern Germany and Italy. Due to this, his musical style was most likely influenced by these musicians. For instance, there is much speculation over whether Pachelbel had been the pupil of German composer, Johann Caspar Kerll. Regardless, his music reflects much of the latter’s style. This demonstrates that possibly being solely exposed to these composers, Pachelbel received the opportunity to expand his musical style. On the other hand, Pachelbel…

Monteverdi’s Orfeo. Although a little faded, opera is still used and well loved today like the hits by Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and ‘Cats’. One composer, whose music shaped an era and today, is Johann Sebastian Bach. Heavily inspired by the church in earlier life, Bach created a movement of powerful organ centred compositions. One magnificent chorale of Bach’s from his ‘St Matthew Passion’ later had its melody reworked by the famous Paul Simon under the name ‘American Tune’…

The Renaissance Period which occurred between roughly 1400-1600 has influenced the modern world’s music through Renaissance composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli whose use of dynamics has helped shape music theory taught today. The Renaissance was a time of dramatic development in literature, music, art and science which ties in with the name of the period (Renaissance), as the meaning of it is “rebirth”, thus showcasing the era to be a time of growth. Music became increasingly popular with the…

George Frideric Handel was a German composer and one of the most famous during the Baroque period, known for his operas and oratorios. His musical talent was acknowledged at a very early age and was able to compose and give lessons by 11. His first opera was successfully produced by age 20. One of Handel’s most famous pieces that is still widely known today is Messiah. Messiah is an three part English Oratorio composed in 1741, each part telling a difference part of the story of the Messiah.…

Johann Sebastian Bach, as we know, is regarded as one of the greatest composers in Western music. He had a lot of influence on other composers in his contemporaries even through succeeding time spot. Today, his compositions are the most frequently performed ones among the keyboard repertoire. So in my paper, I’d like to figure out how much contribution J.S Bach made to the keyboard music and how many composers were influenced by him. I will put emphasis on his The Well- Tempered Clavier which is…

Today I will be talking about Johann Sebastian Bach and sharing the joys of his music. Bach was born in 1685 in Eisenach, in what appears to have been the Holy Roman Empire at the time, he also seems to have died in the Holy Roman Empire in 1750, Leipzig. At the time of his birth, many of his family members were musicians, including all of his uncles, this lead to any local musician being jokingly called a ‘Bach’ since the Bach family was so prominent at the time. Since his family was full of…

am first going to give the reader some background information about Bach and the piece mentioned above. I will also be analysing three different aspects of the piece: bowing, articulation and ornamentation. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany in 1685 and died in 1750, Leipzig, Germany. He was a composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist of the Baroque Era (classic fm, 2017). It was thought that Bach composed the solo cello suites between 1717 – 1723, when he was…

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,…