Sebastian Faulks

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.

The following program was chosen to provide a wide variety of trumpet literature ranging from major masterworks as well as transcriptions that translate well to the trumpet. A historical time line was also considered when selecting the following pieces. One of the objectives of this program was to display a linear progression starting with the Baroque era that show how art music evolve up until the 21th century. It also displays how the physical and musical demand change for the trumpet over a long

The piece my ensemble piece will be performing is the Mendelssohn Quartet Op.44, movement 1. The composer, Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3, 1809, in Hamburg. Germany. As a son of Moses Mendelssohn, who was a successful banker, Mendelssohn was born into a very wealthy family, which gave him certain advantages such as providing him a rich and ideal cultural setting for his artistic mind to flourish. His received good education as well. While Mendelssohn’s father disliked Jews that converted

Mahler rewrote Bach’s orchestral suite contrapuntally. In fusing different suites into one, Mahler had to contend compositionally with two different pieces consisting of various dance movements with different instrumentation and tonic keys. The treatment of these varied polarities can clearly illustrate Mahler’s efforts to create a holistic vision. In choosing five movements from two suites, Mahler paired the selected movements, first-third and second-fourth, thus increasing the polarity within the

In the early seventeenth century, the word sonata was a vague label that referred to any piece of music that was meant to be played rather than sung. This type of musical composition is, in ways, reminiscent of the canzona though definitely influenced by that genre. Prominent composers not only aided in the growth of the sonata, but also continued to develop the style that would help evolve music of upcoming generations. The canzona is a songlike, polyphonic, instrumental piece. A type of canzona

A performance practice on Louis Marchand’s first harpsichord suite Musicians now tends to pay more attention on the composers of the first and second generation of the French harpsichord music (Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Louis Couperin, and Henri d’Anglebert for the first generation; François Couperin, Daquin, and Rameau for the second generation). However, what should not be ignored is that the first decade of the 18th century, which was one of the most productive periods in the history

are few people in history who have had as great significance as Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach’s works broke numerous compositional limits of the time, and are of such a quality that they are still performed and enjoyed today, two hundred and sixty-three years after his death. In this paper, I will be writing about two main points: the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, and his legacy and lasting impact after his death. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in the town of Eisenach, which was the capital of Saxe-Eisenach

It could be argued the arias, no. 13, “Aria Ach Mein Sinn” and no. 24 “Aria Eilt, ihr angefochtne Seelen” are used to promote the Lutheran ideas and cause the listener to be influenced by the Lutheran tradition. It is clear that Bach uses a number of musical techniques such as fortspinnung which help the listener reflect on the story of Jesus with the singer. Bach’s use of dialogue also helps convey Lutheran ideas of community. Throughout this essay, I will discuss how the time of the music corresponds

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque Period, which was an era of music that took place from 1600-1750. He is well known for the styles and techniques used in his music, such as counterpoint and harmony, as well adapting French and Italian rhythms, forms, and textures to the German style. His music is respected and admired for its beauty and virtuosic elements, and has been portrayed as “The culmination of an era” for utilizing many distinct baroque techniques

In the 17th century, the conflict between Catholic churches and Protestant churches threw Europe into a great turmoil (Buelow 9). Half of Europe was plagued by the seemingly endless wars of religion, and countries such as Italy and Germany broke into numerous political fragments (Buelow 9). After the Thirty Years’ War, there existed more than 300 principalities in Germany (Vaubel 280); Italy also split into many independent or semi-independent states (Buelow 9). During this religious upheaval in