Bach
Bach was the master of Baroque music, at least, that's what we consider him to be now. Back in those days, out of the 1000 or so works he created, only a dozen or so were published. Of course now, a lot of his other pieces/works have been discovered and published. Even to those who don't know his name, can at least hum (if not the whole), of one of his Brandenburg Concerto's, a famous collection of concerto's put together for an orchestra.Bach was born March 21, 1685 in Eisenach (Germany). He was the son of Johann Ambrosius Bach, a German organist and composer. He was taught music by his father, then later his brother Johann Christoph. In 1703 he became violinist for the court orchestra of Duke of Weimar, but left almost immediately to become an organist in Arnstadt. In 1707 Bach moved to Muhlhausen, returning to Weimar the next year to become court organist. And he, in 1717, became Kapellmeister in the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen and in 1723 Bach became Cantor of St. Thomas's in Leipzig, remaining there til his death in July 28, 1750 in Leipzig (Germany). He also married Maria Barbara Bach and they had seven children, including Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, but after Maria died in 1720, h
Anna Magdealena Bach's notebook, Ich lass' dich nicht, Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier, Vergiss mein nicht, dass ich dein nicht)* Organ Works- Pieces written for organ (eg. Or if you want to break it down even further, a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement. Many of Bach's pieces were very religious, or inspired by religion. Bach's list of works can be divided into 15 sections:* Cantata's-A musical composition, often using a sacred text, comprising recitatives, arias, and choruses (eg. Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, St. Lobet Gott, Denket Doch, O Gott du Frommer Gott, Chorale Variations)* Songs and Arias- A solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment, as in an opera (eg. During his lifetime, Bach wrote about 1000 pieces (not all of them discovered or noted for their brilliance). Brandenburg Concertos, Sonatas, Fugues, Partitas)* Canons- A composition or passage in which a melody is imitated by one or more voices at fixed intervals of pitch and time (eg. It also establishes the key of the piece. Mark Passion)* Chorals- A Protestant hymn melody/ A harmonized hymn, especially one for organ/ A chorus or choir (eg. Peasant, Coffee, and other secular and church compositions)* Motets- A polyphonic composition based on a sacred text and usually sung without accompaniment (eg. The entire mass was written out around 1748, when Bach added a Sanctus movement, which he had composed earlier as a separate work in 1724.
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