Johann Sebastian Bach

I just got back from “Master in Gesang”. Out of all the music academies, my son Benjamin insisted on that music academy. He thought he might be successful if he followed his father’s steps. I told him that I was there 12 years ago. I mean they’re definitely more and better academies today. We passed by Oslo’s kaffebar before going to the academy. We sat down and I started talking about my journey in Master in Gesang. He showed many different expressions like being shocked. I also think he had…

The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines music as "the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion" (Concise Oxford Dictionary 1992). However, the music genres known as Noise music and Musique concrète, for instance, challenge these ideas about what constitutes music's essential attributes by using sounds not widely considered as musical, like randomly produced electronic distortion, feedback, static, cacophony, and…

Elizabethan Music Music has been around for many millenia. Given that, the Elizabethans enjoyed their fair share of music. They had music that would play in churches and they also had music that would play throughout shows in the theater. A lot of the time there would be festivals where musicians play at. Music was a large part of their society and they were known to celebrate music and use it for many different occasions. They had court music, church music, town music, street music, and even…

Handel Vs. Bach Two of the greatest composers who still comfort us today, with their compositions are J.S Bach and G.F Handel. Their influence can be found in mainstream media throughout the world today. Their compositions can still be heard by anyone. Whether it be through: television commercials, opera concerts, or relaxation therapy. It is evident that their music has influence the lives of many people throughout the centuries. These two men were great through their unique styles of music,…

Graphic Organizer Hook Let’s start at the very beginning; a very good place to start. Meaning the beginning of my life course! Background Info/ Intro Hi! I'm Julie Andrews! I was born October, 1, 1935 in Walton-On-Thames, Surrey, England, UK, to Barbara and Ted Wells. When I was just a small girl, My parents got divorced. My mother wanted to pursue a life on the stage as a pianist. She remarried to Ted Andrews when I was around seven or eight. My new stepfather, Ted, was a professional…

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…

The Choir Originally, in Yiddish, Der Mitteler Rebbe's Kapelye), a nigun composed by the Mittler Rebbe's choir. The nigun was endeared by the Rebbe.. The Mitteler Rebbe was very fond of the choir and was involved in managing its affairs through various instructions regarding their playing, and even used it several times to carry out spiritual activities. There choir had two divisions: vocalists, and musicians. When they played on weekdays, it was similar to the service of the Leviim in the…

Chapter 1: Composer’s Biography James Horner was born on August 14, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. James died on June 22, 2015 at the age of 61 because of a plane crash. In James’ early life, he lived in London, where James went to school at The Royal College of Music. When James later came back to America he decided to go to Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona. This is the school where he later got his bachelor’s degree in music. James started to play the piano when he was five. His…

There were many great composers throughout the period of 1600-1750 A.D. which is known as the Baroque period. I am going to be researching specifically into the composer named Giovanni Battista Sammartini. Giovanni Sammartini was born sometime in the year 1700-1701 in Milan, Italy. Giovanni passed away January 15th, 1775 also in Milan. He spent most of his entire life in Milan, Italy. Giovanni was the son of a famous oboist of the time named Alexis Saint-Martin. Charles Burney, a British…

long span, a practice in continuo was also formed. Continuo is better known as parts accompanied with a bassline and harmonics, which is more familiar in orchestras. Many known musicians in this genre included some composers we’ve studied, such as Bach, Purcell, and Handel. Going into the first piece I listened to Bach’s “The Art of Fugue”, like many…