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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that were specific 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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The first book on Faust by Johann Spies is a classic legend of good versus evil. Spies actually obtained a copy of the book‚ realized its worth‚ made some edits‚ and then published it as Historia von D. Johann Fausten. The original book presents two forces vying for the souls of men. It teaches the limits of interpretive authority‚ by admonishing that peace and salvation are only found in the teachings of the Bible‚ and not in the individual knowledge of good and evil. In the story‚ Faust’s sin of
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In the 1430’s a man named Johann Gutenberg created the predecessor to the modern printing press. The level of importance of the printing press is rivaled by few other inventions‚ so much so that “the invention of the printing press” is often used as a reference to the social‚ political‚ and scientific change experienced by Europe after the press’s introduction. (Wikipedia). Johannes Gutenberg invented a mechanical way of making books. This was the first example of mass book production. Before the
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Johann Carl Fredrich Gauss Johann Carl Fredrich Gauss was born on April 30‚ 1777‚ in Brunswick‚ Germany. He was an only child‚ of a poor working class family. He had a harsh father who was a gardener and brick-layer; he was discouraging and discouraged his son of schooling. His father really wanted him to follow in his footsteps instead of attending school. Unlike his father his mother realized how smart he was and knew that he would need schooling to further his intelligence. When he was seven
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and polymath back in the 1800s. Goethe is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. Although he was alive so long ago‚ the ideas he put out there are still pertinent to the modern world: such as my personal life‚ recent movies‚ and current events. Goethe came up with this viewpoint on life: Until one is committed there is hesitancy‚ the chance to draw back‚ always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there
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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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Johann Kilian and the Wends: The Foundation of Lutheranism in Texas Johann Kilian and the Wends: The Foundation of Lutheranism in Texas Introductory Remarks Through this course (LCMS History) and others‚ I have heard the story of German Lutherans who left Europe and settled near Saint Louis‚ Missouri‚ under the leadership of Martin Stephan and (soon thereafter) C.F.W. Walther. This story seems quite familiar to many of my seminary classmates who originate from the Midwest and nearby regions
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Maple Chen Summary: Johann Tetzel’s “The Sale of Indulgences” “The Sale of Indulgences” contains an excerpt from the sermons of a German friar‚ Johann Tetzel‚ in 1515. During and before the 16th century‚ the Catholic Church sold indulgences‚ which ensured Christians a direct passage to heaven after death‚ skipping purgatory in exchange for money or gifts. In “The Sale of Indulgences‚” Tetzel expands on this need to purchase indulgences‚ especially putting emphasis on the pain of purgatory. It
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Running Head: LIFE OF JOHANN MULLER REGIOMONTANUS Life of Johann Muller Regiomontanus (Your Name) (Your School) Introduction Johann Muller von Konigsberg lived between 1436 and 1476. He has been widely known with his Latin pseudonym as Regiomontanus. He goes down the line of history as one of the most important German scholars in various fields including mathematics‚ astronomy and astrology. He is recognized as the most successful mathematician and astronomer in Europe in
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