Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21‚ 1685 in Eisenhach‚ Germany. Bach came from a musical family‚ which comprised composers‚ performers‚ and teachers. Bach possessed a soprano singing voice; however‚ when his voice changed he played violin and harpsichord instead. Bach was a prominent figure in Baroque music and was considered a musical genius. Bach did not receive any formal musical training; however‚ he did learn from his family and studied works from his predecessors and contemporaries
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Johann Sebastian Bach Biography: Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21‚ 1685‚ in Eisenach‚ Thuringia‚ Germany‚ into a large and distinguished family of professional musicians. His father‚ named Johann Ambrosius Bach‚ was a violinist and trumpeter‚ employed by the city of Eisenach. His uncles were church organists‚ court musicians and composers. His mother and father died before Bach was 10. As an orphan‚ he moved in with
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| Bach and his impact on the World of Music | Music | | 19/11/2010 | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Bach’s achievements in music 3 Music of Johann Sebastian Bach 4 Conclusion 6 References 6 Introduction There are music schools‚ conservatories‚ and private teachers‚ all over the World to educate children and adults with music‚ either through an instrument or through theory or even history of music. There is a certain amount of technical
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Cited: David‚ Hans T.‚ and Arthur Mendel. The Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents. New York: W. W. Norton‚ 1966. 168-72. Print. Insight into Bach ’s personal life during the years of the composition of BWV 1056. Donington‚ Robert. Baroque Music: Style and Performance: A Handbook. New York:
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21‚ 1685‚ the youngest child of Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elisabeth Lammerhirt. Ambrosius was a string player‚ employed by the town council and the ducal court of Eisenach. Johann Sebastian started school in 1692 or 1693 and did well in spite of frequent absences. Of his musical education at this time‚ nothing definite is known; however‚ he may have picked up the rudiments of string playing from his father‚ and no doubt he attended the Georgen Church‚ where Johann Christoph Bach was organist until
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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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he was named after‚ was a bass singer and Kapellmeister at the electorate of Cologne. Beethoven’s father‚ Johann‚ was a court tenor and music teacher. His mother‚ Maria Magdalena Leym‚ came from a family of wealthy landowners and senators. When Beethoven was only three years of age his grandfather passed away‚ leaving an inheritance of cash‚ unpaid loans and property to his son Johann. But through poor management of the new found wealth‚ his family would‚ once again‚ be bound to a moderate
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The Baroque period extended from 1600-1750. It was during this time that many well known composers developed some of the most famous masterpieces in the musical world. Composer Johann Sebastian Bach wrote Brandenburg Concerto No.3‚ George Frideric Handel composed The Messiah‚ and Johann Pachelbel created Pachelbel Canon. What all of these composers have in common is that all of their music contains a similar sound. Baroque music tends to have one melody with harmonic support from a keyboard player
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 31st 1685‚ in Eisenach Germany. He was a composer and‚ a performer who was extremely skilled at his craft. Bach was credited with over 1000 different compositions; including his most important‚ “The Saint Johns Passion”(Hanford). Originally Bach intended that the St John Passion would be first performed in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig‚ but due to a last-minute change by the music council‚ it was first performed on Good Friday of 1724 in the St. Nicholas
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