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    Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was unlike most other composers of his time. “He wrote music for the glory of God, and to satisfy his own burning curiosity, not for future fame.” During the 1700s, people knew him as a talented musician, not as a composer, as we do today. He never left his country to pursue bigger and better things. Bach was content as long as he could play music. Traditions were very important to him. He wanted to carry on the musical tradition of his family, and

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    Luther Vs Bach

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    Quite otherwise, J. S. Bach composed for the German Protestant Reformation. One hundred years before, Martin Luther reclaimed the grace and mercy of God in Jesus Christ. And the Reformer’s high regard for singing Scriptural texts in worship prepared the way for Bach. Luther wrote, “I give music the next place after theology and the highest honor.” And, he added, in his typically earthy way, “Whoever has no desire or love for music and is not moved by such lovely wonders must surely be an uncouth

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    On April 2, 2017 at 2pm I went to watch the Baroque Chamber Music Series: Bach & Telemann’s Coffeehouse: St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble at the Brooklyn Museum. There were 5 performers: Krista Bennion Feeney, who played the violin; Naoko Tanaka, who also played the violin; David Cerutti, who played the viola; Myron Lutzke, who played the cello; and Robert Wolinsky who played the harpsichord. The first performer was Krista Bennion Feeney, she played Gigue from Fantasia No. 12 for Solo Violin by George

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    Johann Sebastian Bach

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    Johann Sebastian Bach Bach descended from a long line of distinguished musicians, and, after his death, several of his sons achieved musical prominence. He received his first musical training from members of his family, including his father, who was also a musician. He learned a great deal by studying the scores of other composers, assimilating the best musical practices of Germany, Italy, Austria, and France. Early on, he exhibited the work ethic that made him an extremely prolific composer.

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    like Vivaldi and Handel. However, J.S. Bach is perhaps the greatest composer of all times during the Baroque Era with famous pieces such as Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Mass in B Minor and Brandenburg Concerto. J.S. Bach, short for Johann Sebastian Bach, is a prominent composer during the Baroque Era. Bach was born in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany on March 31, 1685. He is the youngest son of his parents, Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elizabeth Lammerhirt Bach. Because he came from seven generations

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    composers Bach’s magnificence and brilliance was not truly recognized until a hundred years after his death. Bach raised the bar for how music was composed and played. He strove for perfection in his pieces. This all started from his childhood upbringing, be it his Lutheran faith or the tragedy that stuck when he was merely ten. These parts of his childhood shaped the master pieces of Bach’s work. Bach was raised in a family full of composers, and his beautiful voice got him into the best musical schools

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    Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the greatest composers in the Baroque period, Bach stands tall above many outstanding figures in the Baroque in the history of music. Among his many achievements, the most outstanding one is the “church music.” Bach’s Magnificat, BWV 243 was composed for Christmas evening prayer service. The third movement “Quia respexit” is a prayer called “Mary’s Song of Praise.” Mary’s prayer of thanks to God out of joy when she found out through an angel of the Lord while she was

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    Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in Western musical history. More than 1,000 of his compositions survive. Some examples are the Art of Fugue, Brandenburg Concerti, the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord, the Mass in B-Minor, the motets, the Easter and Christmas oratorios, Toccata in F Major, French Suite No 5, Fugue in G Major, Fugue in G Minor ("The Great"), St. Matthew Passion, and Jesu Der Du Meine Seele. He came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians

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    plenty of instruments that people can use to make an old sound, sound new. People can be very innovative and resourceful when it comes to recreating a new sound with an older composed piece. John Sebastian Bach is one of the many composers whose music is being recreated in a new way. John Sebastian Bach was a composer born in 1685 in Germany. He built his reputation by performing in churches, and after working his way up in the music field back then he was able to establish a career in composing. He

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    Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a family of musicians. It was only natural for him to pick up an instrument and excel in it. His father taught him how to play the violin and harpsichord at a very young age. All of Bach’s uncles were professional musicians, one of them; Johann Christoph Bach introduced him to the organ. Bach hit a turning point in his life when both of his parents died at the age of ten years old. Bach’s older brother Johann Christoph Bach took him in and immediately expanded

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