Johann Sebastian Bach

The first part of the piece is a toccata, which means “to touch” in Italian. It is designed to reveal the virtuosity of the performer’s touch. The use of numerous fast arpeggios and runs up and down the keyboard generally makes it sound like Bach made it up on the spot. The toccata is a semi-improvisatory style, and the use of ornaments and tempo changes gives the composer freedom for personal expression…

Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most important and famous composers in the baroque period. Bach is now regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Bradenburg Concertos, The Well-Tempered Clavier as said by authors Walter Emery and Robert Marshall. Bach was part of a very talented family full of musicians, who were proud of their achievements. Bach was the youngest of all the siblings. Ambrosius who was bach’s dad was employed by the town…

The Baroque Period has become known as one of the richest and most diverse periods in music history and lasted from about 1600 to 1750 AD. This period followed the Renaissance period and, at the beginning of the Baroque Period, it was marked by the development of what some musicians call the “second practice,” as differentiated from the “first practice” of the Renaissance (Hast, Dorothea E., et al. 271). European culture began to increase the importance of human feeling in the arts. According to…

Without a doubt, the Baroque period produced some of the most prominent and beautiful compositions in the music history. Names of the famous composers of this era, such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi are well-known even to those, who have no interest or familiarity in music. Modes, tonalities, melodies, the presence of rhythm, dynamics, texture, style of performance, and intended audience, all these criteria make the Baroque music distinct from the music of its preceding periods.…

music, music has been a constant part of the human experience. Music appreciation is important. It helps a student appreciate the music elements from different historic eras and how they have contributed to the growth of music. For instance, Johann Sebastian Bach has contributed greatly to four part harmony or chorale writing. Taking this study also helps us to understand the process of making music. Learning how different elements work together to make music also helps students to have an…

The St Matthew Passion is a sacred song that was written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727. It has interspersed chorales and arias as it sets to music chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew (Leahy, 2011). It is a great masterpiece of classic gospel music of all time. Three different excerpts of the music are analyzed in this paper with a special focus on the form, texture, harmony, relationship between text and music, and the dramatic significance. The main purpose for writing the song was…

Early Life George Handel was born in the same year and country as Johann Sebastian Bach. His father, Georg Händel 63 when he was born, was a famous barber-surgeon who served for the court of Saxe-Weissenfels (A state of the Holy Roman Empire) and Margraviate of Brandenburg (Another state of the Holy Roman Empire). Georg Händel was initially intended Handel for the study of Civic law, yet Händel discovered he has outstanding musical talent and enthusiastic on studying music. Therefore, his father…

Great Music in Modern Times In 1719, Johann Sebastian Bach began writing the fourth composition of his six Brandenburg Concertos, which took him nine years to fully complete. They were written for a chamber orchestra and were based off the Italian Concerto Grosso style. This collection of concertos is considered to be on the lighter side of Bach’s ingenious. The Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 was composed in a G major scale, is about sixteen minutes long, and consists of three movements. The…

5, I. This piece was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in the late Baroque era (1720-1721). (1) This work is the fifth of six concertos that Bach composed for Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg. Bach presented the concerto as a gesture of kindness, but also as a form of potential employment. (1) It is not known whether Margrave responded to the offering, regardless, they were known as some of Bach’s most well known and most enjoyed pieces. Normally Bach primarily used violins in his…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (WOLF-gang, ah-muh-DAY-us, MOE-tsart) was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. His father, Leopold, was a bookbinder. He was also a violin teacher and became famous when he published a method of study for the violin. Wolfgang's older sister Maria Anna was called Nannerl by the family. Her father began teaching her to play the clavier when she was seven years old and Wolfgang also showed an interest very early. Both…