Major Influences On German Baroque Music

Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer born on March 21, 1685 in Germany during the Baroque period. The Baroque period was a time during history when a certain style of European architecture, music, and art flourished there. Music during that specific time were often focused on lower and higher tones. Bach was able to play the organ, violin, viola, and harpsichord. As a result, he is considered one of the greatest composers of Western history, especially back in his day. Bach was influenced by his family of many musicians. For example, his father Johann Ambrosius Bach taught him how to play the violin and harpsichord, while his uncle had taught him to play the organ.

When thinking of composers, whose works changed the world of music forever, many names may come to mind. Among those on that list, both Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel are figures whose effect on music has been felt worldwide. Born in the same year, these composers have much in common and many differences that illustrate their importance to their era and music as we see it today. Their individualism and creativity influenced much of their time and together, their works defined the Baroque Period as we know it today.

It’s hard to imagine a bride processing down the aisle without one of two pieces playing in your head, the first likely being “Here Comes The Bride.” But of the second, we generally do not hear much about the composer himself beyond the ever-arranged and widely known canon; Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel. Most known for this Canon in D Major, Johann Pachelbel is considered one of the most influential musical figures from the Baroque era. A German born composer, teacher and organist, Pachelbel is said to be a primary contributor to German organ music. His music was highly successful during his lifetime and has continued to stay a relevant fixture in today’s world. In this paper, I will show that Johann Pachelbel was pivotal in the

He was of significance to his pupils and contempory musical connoisseurs in a way that set the foundation for the rest of Western Art music to follow. For many Bach is like coming home, in fact, “…in old Bach there is always something astonishing, and, what is the main thing, there is always something to be learned from

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 and Handel began to study with a local organist and composer. On the contrary, Bach came from a long line of musicians. Bach also had four sons which became gifted composers, in their own right. Bach, like Handel, also started as an organist

Handel and Bach composed music for similar types of instruments and composed musical pieces and vocal works. They both wrote compositions for some of the same type of works such as Fugues, Preludes, and Suites. Although, Handel wrote some operas, Bach wrote a large variety of church music. Majority of Bach’s compositions were Cantatas and Passions. What made Handel’s music rather different then Bach was the fact that he used simple harmonic progression. Bach’s music was written with sudden surprising harmonic shifts and he also focused on adding extra ordinary chords throughout his works. Handel preferred using simple textures, by creating music with three different melodies that were to be played at once, while several other instruments were being played at the same time. Bach on the other hand creatively composed his music

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Johan Sabastian Bach was a very talented German Composer who wrote music in the Baroque time period. He was born March 31st , 1685, and lived until July 28th, 1750. He was born in Eisenach Germany, into a family of musical talents. In Germany at this time, they had just gone through the Scientific Revolution, and they were starting the Industrial Revolution, and Enlightenment. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was the director of the town musicians, and a lot of his extended family were also professional musicians. After his dad and brother sparked his interest into music, Bach decided to attended St. Michael's School in Luneburg for two years. After graduation he became the director of music for a German Prince, he became the director of music at several Lutheran churches, and taught music at the St. Thomas school. His most famous pieces ________ were called exquisite due to his artistic

Moving on into his early adulthood, Bach was hired to play in special services at a church

Johann Sebastian Bach, a German composer in 16 through 1750. He was the youngest of eight children born in 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. Bach was born into one of the greatest German musician families in the 17th and 18th century. It is said that his family writes for each other. His father was a trumpet and violinist. The rest of his family like uncles and cousins had played the organ. His mother and father had died when he was ten years old, Bach was alone. At this time, he moved in with his brother, where he has his first official lesson on the organ. Bach’s music is one of the greatest achievements in the history of music. Bch believed that the aim and final belief of music should be none else then the glory of god and the recordation

As World War I started in 1914, countries prepared for battle. Women and men had different jobs of serving their own country during and after this war. Women replaced men in their civilian jobs of mechanics, clerks, and other occupations. This allowed women to be in fields that they were usually not working in. Ebbert & Hall (2002) state women also had been recruited into serving the Navy and Marine Corps. There were men that apposed to give the women equal pay as their male counterparts (p.59). Even documentation of the women who served was thought to be unnecessary (p.122). After the war where women and men have served and worked hard for their country, men would go back to expect employment and women were thought to go back

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Baroque Period, during which a few of the greatest composers on this planet were born, brought classical music onto a whole new level. The word “Baroque”, which came from the Portuguese for “the imperfect pearl”, implies strange, extravagant and overblown. Toccata, fugue, chorale, ortario, and the concerto Grosso, all of these special musical forms were created and represent this period. The six main characteristics: increased emotional expression, contrast, use of basso continuo, continued harmonic development, use of ornament, and the emphasis of improvisation, molded the unique style of music of the Baroque period.

The Baroque Period (1600-1750) was mainly a period of newly discovered ideas. From major new innovations in science, to vivid changes in geography, people were exploring more of the world around them. The music of the baroque period was just as extreme as the new changes. Newly recognized composers such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and Monteverdi were writing entirely new musical ideas and giving a chance for new voices to be heard that were normally not thought of sounds. Their musical legacy is still recognized today, and is a treasured discovery of outstanding compositions being reiterated with every performance of them.

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