J. S. Bach

The music starts with a 4-measure recitative introduction on the Bb – dominant of the key, followed by the waltz’s first theme. The theme was formed by three rising and four descending motives. A lively theme in scherzo style in Ab major follows. The piece

J. S. Bach began his musical career play the violin and the harpsichord under the instruction of his father Johann Ambrosius. His uncle, Johann Christoph Bach, taught him how to play the organ. Bach was a very willing student and soon became extraordinarily capable with playing these instruments. At a young age, Bach lost a brother and sister in addition to his father and mother at age 9. His eldest brother adopted him while he attended the Gymnasium of Ohrdruf, Germany. When he was 18, he married his cousin, Maria Barbara. In 1707 he became the organist at the Church of Saint Blasius, then going on to become an organist and violinst at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst, during which time he wrote around thrity cantatas and other works. He later

When Bach arrived in Muhlhausen, he married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach. Here, he composed numerous church cantatas that were based on biblical texts and that did not show an influence of Italian operatic forms. Famous works composed during this period include the Organ Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565) and the Prelude and Fugue in D Major (BWV 532). Bach’s Cantata No. 71, Gott ist mein Konig (“God is my King), was printed by the city council and was his first composition to be published. (Emery & Marshall, 2017)

Carl Philips Emmanuel Bach was a German Classic Era composer, son of J S Bach. He drew most of his stylistic influences from those of his father, as well as his godfather, Georg Philipp Teleman. Bach had a deep interest in the written arts, which caused him to derive much of his inspirations from poets, playwrights, and philosophers. As CPE Bach aged, he grew in popularity. By the latter half of the 18th century, his notoriety had surpassed even that of his father.

Bach’s fame continued to increase until both his keyboard and vocal work were known throughout Europe. Approximately two hundred books were written about him in the 19th century, a very large number for any posthumous compsoer. A major biography was published by Philipp Spitta in 1873 (Domling : The Bach Tradition of the 19th and 20th Centuries,” in Johann Sebastian Bach: Life Times and Influence, 161) as well as a complete edition of his works published in 1900 that took fifty years to complete (Dents Arnold, “Bach,”New Oxford Companion to Music, 1983 ed.) . The performance of the St. Matthew passion in Paris in 1885 and of the B minor mass in Rome in 1889 were milestones in the international recognition of Bach (Schweltzer, J.S Bach, 259). Bach societies appeared throughout Europe in the second half of the century to perform his music(J.S Bach, “Great Composers 1300-1900,

Johanna Sebastian Bach was a composer of the Baroque era, the most celebrated member of a large family of northern German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist, organist, and expert on organ building. Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Brandenburg Concertos, The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B Minor, and numerous other masterpieces of church and instrumental music. Appearing at a propitious moment in the history of music, Bach was able to survey and bring together the principal styles, forms, and national traditions that had developed during preceding generations and, by virtue of his

Born in 1685 on March 31st in Eisenach Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach was raised by a family of musicians, stretching back years. Bach's father was a local musician and is believed to have taught Bach to play his first instrument, the violin. After teaching his son, Bach’s father along with Bach’s mother had been killed in an accident, leaving Bach an orphan with little family remaining. In this time of need Bach's brother stepped in and took him in. Bach gained more musical knowledge from his brother as well as a local school where he had been enrolled in and he later moved out when he was 15. Eventually he landed his first job as a musician at the court of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar, often playing violin and the occasional performance on

This is the volume I of the Series II. It includes sixteen sonatas. Only one of them is unaccmpaniment flute sonata, other fifteen pieces are wind and string instruments and basso continuo. Excepts the manuscripts and the scores, this volume also contains three useful sections which are an introduction, Abbreviations, and the critical report. The critical report is located on the page one hundred and twenty-seven to page one hundred and forty-six.

22 The movement opens with an arpeggiated figure, the trumpet enters with a very resigned tune. The upward leap at the beginning of the melody is the main feature of all phrases in this movement. The movement continues to build with each phrase before the unmuted section where the trumpet has an almost improvisatory accompaniment. After the high point the energy calms again towards the end of the movement.

Despite the name, dance suites were meant for listening as opposed to being meant for dancers. The dance suites consisted of an “overture”, which was a slow movement, a moderate tempo known as the “Allemande.” A “Courante” which was very lively, the “Sarabande”, which was the slowest part of the composition and the “Gigue”, which is upbeat and lively and easily recognizable from its stand-out rhythm (Carter, 2011). Experts are of the opinion that “Baroque music expresses an order, the fundamental order of the universe. It is always lively and tuneful.” The music, according to experts, has a somber feel to it, especially the passions of Bach (Sayre,

One of Bach’s later religious masterworks is "Mass in B minor." He had created sections of it, known as Kyrie and Gloria which were presented to the Elector of Saxony. Bach did not finish the composition until 1749, a musical version of a traditional Latin mass. The completed work was never performed while he was alive. Bach had a vision problem, but did not let it bother him. He was in good condition that he could travel and perform, visiting Frederick the Great, the king of Prussia in 1747. ​He had played for the king, making up a new composition right on the spot. Back in Leipzig, Bach had refined the piece and had gaven Frederick a set of fugues called "Musical Offering." In 1749, Bach had started a new composition called "The Art of Fugue," but was not completed due to his eye site. Bach tried to have surgery on his eyes, but ended up leaving him blind for the rest of his life. Later that year, Bach suffered a stroke. He died in Leipzig on July 28, 1750. Bach was better known as an organist than a composer. During his lifetime some of his works were not published. Bach's musical compositions were admired by those who followed in his footsteps, including Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van

The solo violin enters, unaccompanied, with a simple, five-beat phrase deep in the violin’s range that hints at traditional Russian folk music. As the orchestra joins in with the violin, the principal theme continues to do service throughout the course of the movement. The elegance and grandeur of the first movement continues to flow through the second movement as the solo violin plays with remarkable finesse against a soft pizzicato accompaniment, ending with the imaginary solo cello in the orchestra playing the initial violin theme accompanied by the solo violin playing the pizzicato in turn this time. As the third movement begins, the hypothetical appearance of the castanets clacking alongside the solo violin evokes the passionate taste of Spain, sounding decisively upbeat yet foreboding at the same time.

As he grew, his amazing soprano singing voice grew with him, helping him get into a school in Luneburg. However, when his voice changed and got deeper, he was forced to retreat back to violin. As time passed, Bach began to take jobs with royalty, his first being a musician for the court of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar, occasionally filling for organists as well. Bach’s unique style of playing and composing enchanted many of those lucky enough to be in his presence. Some, however, disagreed. Later in his career, he began playing for churches; in one of them, his music taste clashed with the pastor, bringing

It has a time signature of 2/4 so the tempo is vivace, a form of sonata-allegro and in the key of D minor, which changes into D major in the middle. It has a folk-like (Hungarian) dance style with syncopated dance rhythms. Theme 1 is introduced by 1st violins with ascending perfect 4ths, strong syncopation and unexpected fermatas. Bridge grows from the first theme and shifts to second violin that is supported by a pedal point. Theme 2 modulates to F+ (relative minor). It is a gentle duet between two violins including a descending sequence, some sudden dynamic changes, descending double-stops in first violin and wide descending leaps. The development uses Theme 2 material. Theme 2 has frequent shifts in texture with imitation, and includes a dominant preparation. The Recapitulation shifts from d- to D+ --- the bridge and Theme 2 material are restated in D+. In the Coda, the triplet rhythm gives a sense of climax that gets very loud (fortissimo) in a unison

Dieterich Buxtehude was born in 1637, Helsingborg Sweden. He was a Danish-German composer and organist during the Baroque period. He mostly composed instrumental and vocal idioms. A quick fun fact is that he influenced some of Johann Sebastian Bach’s composed music. Buxtehude was also considered as “the man the man who inspired and led the famous Johann Sebastian Bach.”. Dieterich Buxtehude is remembered as one of the finest and most important composers in Germany from the mid-Baroque period. The music that he composed had a seasonal and religious feel to it. You might of heard of Prelude in F Major and Cantata BuxWV 104, these very famous songs were composed by him. Aside with composing, he was also a fabulous organist. Dieterich Buxtehude