The “Bohemian Bach” Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský‚ or the “Czech Bach”‚ was a renowned Bohemian composer and organist. He was born and died (1684 - 1742) during the late Baroque era (1680 - 1750)‚ around the same time as Johann Sebastian Bach. Some of his most famous works are the Regina Coeli and Litaniae Lauretanae de Beatae Virginis Maria Victoriosa. He was also rebellious throughout his life and because of this he spent most of his life alone. Černohorský’s first music teacher was his father who
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most famous musicians in the world were Bach and Beethoven‚ which one is better? If you don’t know who Bach or Beethoven are‚ they are both classical composers who wrote music mostly in the romantic period. Beethoven is a better musician than Bach in many ways. First of all‚ Beethoven started playing and composing before Bach. Beethoven at the age of 12 started playing and composing! Bach started around the age of 20‚ and by that time Beethoven was famous. Bach did write more “symphonies” or what he
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Sebastian Bach. The German composer has composed over 1000 known works throughout his musical career which included pieces for organ and over 300 cantatas. Most notably‚ his works for organ are among his most revered and well known. Bach was known for not just his compositional skills but his performing skills on organ‚ keyboard‚ and violin. His use of harmony and contrapuntal techniques paved the way for many composers after him. Bach’s Birthplace Born on March 21st of 1685‚ Johann Sebastian Bach became
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What is so special about J.S. Bach’s Music? J.S Bach is undoubtedly one of the greatest composer to ever exist on the face of the earth. His composed music was truly mesmerizing. The individual threads composed by him blended together in pure perfection. The common question that rises here is what is so unique about his music? Here are some points which I think are the answer to our question: He was among those people who are absolutely obsessed with perfection. His motivation helped him to write
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21‚ 1635 in Eisenach‚ Thuringia‚ Germany. At a young age‚ his father‚ Johann Ambrosius‚ taught Bach how to play violin‚ considering he was the town musician in Eisenach. He attended a school with religious instruction and studied Latin. Lutheran faith later influenced his music. After the death of both of his parents‚ he became an orphan at the age of ten. Luckily he was taken in by his older brother Johann Christoph. Living with his brother‚ he was enrolled
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Music History Essay Johann Sebastian Bach – Air (Part of Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major) In this essay I will examine the characteristics of a masterpiece called Air‚ written by Johann Sebastian Bach in the early 18th century. Bach’s Air on its own is not a complete composition. It’s the second movement of his famous suite that all together contains of five movements. Air has a typical property of suite – A‚ A‚ B‚ B scheme. It means that the movement is divided into two parts – A and
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Back to school event Education is important for everyone in the society. Education ensures the future for young and old‚ and also the future society. The talk about education is also very relevant on the politically agenda‚ not only in America‚ but also in Denmark. Education is nearly always a priority on the agenda. And Obama keeps making speeches about the importance of getting and education. But does the clear American attitude change the message in Obamas’ speech? In the southern state Virginia
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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
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to every Sunday service of the Lutheran church‚ by incorporating their own lines of poetry or ornamenting the melody in order to express and elaborate the message from the original hymn. A very well known adopter of the cantata was Johann Sebastian Bach; a Lutheran himself‚ his cantatas consisted of five to eight movements‚ some consisting of solo or duet arias and some consisting of fully ensemble choruses. 2. The collegium musicum was a collection of university students from the
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September 15‚ 2013 Orchestra Composer Essay Composer Essay: Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 31‚ 1685 in Eisenach‚ Saxe-Eisenach to the director of town musicians‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ and his wife‚ Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt. He was the eighth child to be born in the family and was around music since he was a child. His uncles were all professional musicians and historians assume that his older brother taught him violin and basic musical theory when he was
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