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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the Baroque and Classical Periods Arguably‚ two of the best musical periods in music history are the Baroque and Classical Periods. Most well-known composers worldwide lived and composed in these periods. A good example of a Baroque compositor is Johann Sebastian Bach‚ a very well-known German composer. From the Classical Period‚ Mozart is arguably the most well-known composer. The Baroque period lasted from about 1600-1750. The Baroque was a revolutionary time for music but also to visual arts
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Although this was not all too similar to that of the Greeks‚ it helped create a new style that would last through the ages to what we know today as Opera. The Baroque period was marked today as the achievements of the two most known composers Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friederick Handel‚ but they were not the only composers of the Baroque period. Antonio Vivaldi was a composer during this period‚ manly known for his concertos “Four Seasons”‚ “Opus 3”‚ and his many student exercises. Antonio
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Longwood Haimovitz‚ performed at the Chamber Music Series‚ he titles his performance the “Bach Listening-Room.” The compositions performed by Haimovits were Fancy on a Bach Air by John Carigliano‚ Suit V in C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach‚ Orbit by Philip Glass‚ and Suit VI in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach. Haimovitz played these pieces on a 17th century cello that was set up exactly as it would have been in that time period‚ I feel that because Haimovitz played on this select cello the way the music
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Did you know that each time period has its own name called an era? The violin has come quite a long way since the beggining of its time. Music through the centuries has been changed time and time again‚ each era sacred to its particular style of music. The music aswell‚ as the people‚ welcome everyone to join in its beaty. Music is an open door for interpretation‚ some people find the camouflaged beauty in song. Music isn’t just a bunch of notes and lyrics written on a piece of paper‚ it’s stories
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returned to Berlin‚ Abraham put into effect a systematic plan of education for his children. Under this plan‚ Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse (father of poet and short story writer Paul Heyse) taught the children general subjects and classical languages; Johann Gottlob Samuel Rosel taught drawing; Ludwig Berger taught piano; Carl Wilhelm Henning taught violin; and Carl Zelter gave lessons in musical theory and composition. The children were up at 5 A.M. and began their lessons right after breakfast. Abraham
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organ) were primarily used throughout the 18th century to write keyboard music. While Mozart’s concept of the concerto was the model for many composers throughout the 19th century‚ the keyboard concerto was said to have originated in the family of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach’s greatest contributions to the concerto are his six Brandenburg concertos. Although he primarily wrote these for chamber and orchestral instruments‚ it was not until the fifth Brandenburg concerto that Bach chose to raise the
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Bibliography: Malcolm Boyd‚ Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach (Oxford university Press 1999) Joseph Groocock‚ Fugal Composition‚ A Guide to the Study of Bach’s ‘48’ (Dorone Groocock 2003) Hermann Keller‚ The well-tempered clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach (Allen & Unwin 1976) Ralph Kirkpatrick‚ Interpreting Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier (Yale University Press 1984) David Schulenberg‚ Music of the baroque (Oxford University Press 2008) -------------------------------------------- [
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