Sebastian Bach Research Paper
Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers in history. “People felt his music and art helped protect people against the advance of doubt bred by the renaissance ideas of scientific, rational inquiry.”(The World Book Encyclopedia 2012. Chicago, IL: World Book, 2012. Print). He bought music techniques such as Counterpoint (playing of two or more melodies at one time) and Fugue(where different instruments repeat the same melody with slight variation) to their greatest heights. He wrote nearly 300 religious and non-religious choral work called Cantatas. The purpose of this project is to analyze the two-movements of Bach, Preludes, and Fugues to find out if there are any mathematical patterns in these pieces.
Who was Johann Sebastian Bach? Did he have any mathematical background? What is special about his music? Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous fugal German composer during the Baroque era. He is now known as the greatest composer of all time. The job of a fugal composer is to make the lines in music develop independently, and still fit everything together while playing the music. On the Organ, Bach proved that he could make a four-part fugue. He explored harmony much more deeply than other composers in that period of time such as Handel or Vivaldi. Bach's music can include unusual “jazzy” chords. The music he made didn’t have to be played on a specific instrument, the same pieces could be played on a piano that was meant for a guitar, in …show more content…
Johann’s 48 sets of Preludes and Fugues is one of the important bases of Western art music, covering all 24 major and minor keys each, twice.“A fugue is a style of musical composition where a Theme (melody) is introduced, and then repeated in one or more other voices. This is in contrast to modern songs which have a melody, usually sung or played by one voice, chords, and rhythm.” Bach's preludes and fugues for keyboard are one of the important music of western classical
Who was Johann Sebastian Bach? Did he have any mathematical background? What is special about his music? Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous fugal German composer during the Baroque era. He is now known as the greatest composer of all time. The job of a fugal composer is to make the lines in music develop independently, and still fit everything together while playing the music. On the Organ, Bach proved that he could make a four-part fugue. He explored harmony much more deeply than other composers in that period of time such as Handel or Vivaldi. Bach's music can include unusual “jazzy” chords. The music he made didn’t have to be played on a specific instrument, the same pieces could be played on a piano that was meant for a guitar, in …show more content…
Johann’s 48 sets of Preludes and Fugues is one of the important bases of Western art music, covering all 24 major and minor keys each, twice.“A fugue is a style of musical composition where a Theme (melody) is introduced, and then repeated in one or more other voices. This is in contrast to modern songs which have a melody, usually sung or played by one voice, chords, and rhythm.” Bach's preludes and fugues for keyboard are one of the important music of western classical