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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influenced music ever since it has been written and published. Bach was known as a great teacher‚ and his students are what motivated him to write The Well Tempered Clavier‚ a monstrosity of a collection of Harpsichord/Keyboard works. Bach revolutionized music for many years to come and numerous other composers were influenced by his works. This is indeed why the musical trinity has been formed by classical musicians‚ because without Bach (the father)‚ there is no way that Beethoven (the son)‚ Brahms
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685 in the town of Thuringia‚ Germany where he was raised and spent most of his life. Due to a shortage of expenses‚ he was confined to a very limited geographical space‚ as was his career. This greatly affected his‚ in that his music was not as widley known as other composers of the time. On traveling he never went farther north than Hamburg or farther south than Carlsbad. To look back on the life of Bach many have referred
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In Nocturne in D flat Major‚ Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) creates a complex work that consists of complicated harmonies and rhythmic motives. These two components are interwoven to build elaborate themes which lead to a melodic design that Chopin is known for. The piece has multiple key elements that combine to form this expressive work for piano‚ such as thematic growth. Various themes are introduced in the work and as Chopin develops them‚ they are barely recognizable. Other important elements in
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equivalents. I chose to study Bach because of my appreciation for his music‚ the complexity‚ and the overall relevance in the musical world. Without having known any connections between music theory and rhetoric‚ some brief investigation led me to several meaningful sources that showed me those connections. I have come to realize that there is more research and information on musical rhetoric‚ even in connection to Bach‚ than I had previously realized. First‚ I will discuss who J.S. Bach is and his importance
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The Prelude of Middlemarch very obviously ties Dorthea‚ as the central character and analogous of Saint Theresa‚ to community idealism as does Elliot’s very direct description of Dorthea‚ lacking any subtlety‚ in the beginning paragraphs of Chapter 1 where the reader is told that she yearned by nature “after some lofty conception of the world” and was likely to “incur martyrdom” in a “quarter where she had not sought it.” Since Middlemarch picks up when Dorthea is “not yet twenty‚” her family and
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(separated into sections in the form of ABA). In section A (in D flat major) there is a lyrical melody accompanied by quavers in the bass. This section also has its own ABA structure. In section B (C sharp minor) there is a new melody that is heard in the bass and the quavers are heard above it. The music has moved from major to minor and builds up to a couple of fortissimo climaxes. Finally‚ we return to section A (back in D flat major) and is a shorter repeat of what is heard earlier and finishes
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music at all knows who Bach is. Considered to be the greatest composer of all time by many‚ Johann Sebastian Bach paved new roads in music leaving behind one the largest legacies ever. So good was Bach‚ that all music after his death is considered post-Bach. Johann drew inspiration for the majority of his pieces from Martin Luther’s work. A very religious man‚ Bach believed in using his musical gift to glorify God. On the first day of the spring of 1685‚ Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach
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The Prelude to Appreciation The Prelude to Appreciation was very interesting to me. It taught me the steps of music appreciation. There is a lot more than just listening to music‚ even though everyone has different taste in music you can learn to like different kinds of music by knowing the history of it and understanding the background behind it. By listening to the CDs I began to appreciate music that I’ve never heard before. I enjoyed the different songs from different cultures‚ it’s always
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Many musical scholars believe that J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel are the two most important‚ influential composers of the Baroque period. Both of these men were born in Germany in 1685‚ and since they came into existence around the same time‚ they share some similarities. As an introductory statement‚ Bach and Handel were born into two very different families. Handel did not come from a musical family; his father wanted him to study law. By age nine‚ his talent was too obvious for his father to ignore
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