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Reflection Of A Critique Of The First Music Salon Class
On Monday, August 28th, that day marked the first music salon class of the semester. Before we officially started, we had cake, cheese, crackers, and
grape–apple juice. While we did not have an official speaker for this class, our professor, Lisa Weiss, led the discussion for the evening. She started by
introducing herself. She talked about her life in Boston, Massachusetts, and stories from when she was an undergraduate at Harvard University. One of
the coolest stories of the evening was learning from Weiss that she had performed with Yo
–Yo Ma. Afterwards, we introduced ourselves and talked
about our dreams for the future. The class is small, about seven or eight people, however, we all have big and different ambitions. For example, two
students are interested in the medical field. Although we are diverse, we all have one connection and that is music. We then discussed why we chose
music and the role of music in our lives. Some students stated that they had done music all their lives and felt that it was something that they were
meant to do. Others felt that they had not discovered their love for music until they came to Goucher College. With a variety of reasons, music is
something that will always be with us.
After the introductions and personal stories, Professor Weiss then discussed the syllabus and what is expected of us. Weiss emphasized the importance
of being on time and at every class, because there would only be seven, possibly 8, classes the entirety of the
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Dissociative Fugue Essay
Dissociative fugue is a very rare dissociative disorder that is "characterized by amnesia coupled with sudden unexpected travel away from ones home or
place of work" (Coons, 1999). A person suffering from dissociative fugue can be experiencing uncertainty about their identity, either fully or moderately.
Some of the symptoms of dissociative fugue consist of unexpected travel away from home, inability to remember major past events, and confusion
about identity. According to Coons, some factors that can cause dissociative fugue consist of traumatic events: such as natural disasters or armed
conflicts, childhood abuse, acute relationship or fiscal anguish, sexual transgressions, alcohol misuse, depression, and denying responsibility. There are
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Directed at a specific person or persons; 2. Which seriously alarms, annoys, intimidates or harasses the person or persons; and 3. Which serves no
legitimate purpose" (Holmes, 1993). Stalking tackles numerous structures including telephone calls, mail, online, and face–to–face confrontations.
Some of the different types of stalkers include criminal stalkers, erotomanic stalkers, psychopathic personality stalker, celebrity stalker, lust stalkers, hit
stalkers, domestic stalkers, and political stalkers. Lets start with erotomanic stalkers. This is an individual that endures deranged convictions that
another individual loves him. The celebrity and criminal stalkers are both pretty self–explanatory: one is a criminal and the other stalks celebrities. The
lust stalker is enticed by unreasonable feelings of sexual predacity and claims their prey based on optimal characteristics; such as body type, looks,
personality, or job related desires. The hit stalker is similar to a hit man; they are hired to kill people. The domestic stalker is someone who lurks
after someone from their past; such as an ex. Lastly the political stalker is someone who stalks a stranger that holds a role in office: such as the
president, a mayor, or
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Act III, Scene 2 Of Igor Stravinsky's In A Foolish Dream?
In the duet "In a Foolish Dream" from Act III, Scene 2 of Igor Stravinsky's A Rake's Progress, we see the protagonist Tom begging for forgiveness
from his love Anne. After his sins and involvement with the devil, he wants their love to rekindle and move past his indiscretions. Tom faces Anne with
a disturbed mental state, believing that he is Adonis and Anne is Venus. Utilizing a key signature, it is apparent that Stravinsky intended to structure his
piece around Bb major. Through inversion and conflicting centricities, we can observe the hidden intentions and beliefs from both Tom and Anne, as
well as a sense of timelessness that Stravinsky creates by never truly moving away from Bb as the central pitch class.
While the duet's centricity lies on Bb, Tom and Anne's opening melodies stress different centricities of G and Db. While these centers are not related to
the Bb centricity individually, in combination the inversional relationship across Bb is clear. At the beginning of the duet, Bb is first established by the
pedal in the lower strings and neighbor figure in the upper strings. Immediately, the oboe disrupts the centricity by stressing G (Example 1). When Tom
enters on his melody, he first weights D, mimicking the dominant–tonic relationship that traditionally ascertains a key–center. When Anne enters on her
melody in measure 20 (Example 2), there is a stark shift of centricity to Db. To intensify this change, Stravinsky shifts the orchestration to match her
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Johann Sebastian Bach Research Paper
Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer during the Baroque Period of music. He was born on March 31st, 1685 in the town of Eisenach, Germany.
He was the son of Johann Ambrosius Bach and Maria Elizabeth Lammerhirt. He had one brother and no other siblings that I could find when doing
my research. His parents died when he was very young, and as a result, he went to live with his older brother until he was old enough to live on his
own. He was educated at St. Michael's School in Germany, and received most of his upbringing during this time in his life when he lived with his
brother and his brotherЕ› wife. Once he had grown to young adulthood, he left his brotherЕ› home and began working for a few different churches as
an organist. This took
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How To Write A Concert Critique
On Thursday, May 18th, 2017 I attended a concert at Pierce College Performing Arts Center. This concert as wells as the others at Peirce College
Performing Arts Center were sponsored by the Associated Student Organization (ASO). The concert began at one o'clock. The performers were
students of the Pierce College Applied Music Program. The Host walked out and briefly talked about how dedicated and talented each student is. The
pieces performed varied from time period and style of music. It contained music from Bach to Jojo. The first piece of the afternoon was "Fugue in E
major" by J.S. Bach. the piece was performed by Sophia Cho. The piece began with a vivace tempo and remained the same for the entire piece. The
dynamics of the piece was mezzo forte. The piece consisted of a lot of notes. The right hand had the majority of notes and continuously played
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I was familiar with the atmosphere of the concerts. I enjoyed the variety of pieces performed by the students. Each performer stood out because of
their unique talent and had me engaged. I enjoyed both the vocal and instrumental pieces. I especially enjoyed the saxophone pieces because it
was a contrast to what is normally played in class. I also enjoyed it because I found it relaxing. I enjoyed Gabrielle Johnson's performances, too.
Her first song "El tra la la y punteado" by Granados was fun to watch because I did not think I would enjoy it. Johnson later performed "I am" by
Jojo and the difference in her voice was fascinating. The other performer that had my attention the entire performance was Benz Marston. The way
he played the cello was mesmerizing. I was so focused on his performance that I did not realize he did not use sheet music. The concert experience
was engaging and fun because of the students of the Pierce College Music Program. Their hard work and dedication was apparent and made me
appreciate it even
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Concert
G.F Handel Trio Sonata in B–flat major Op.2, No 3:
(Adagio/Allegro/Grave/Allegro)
This piece was written in 1722 in London and performed in Convent Garden Theatre.
G.F Handel (1685–1759) was a German–British Baroque composer whose works have been continuously played to the present. He is well–known for
his orchestral suites and his chamber and vocal music. His most famous work is oratorio "The Messiah"
C.P.E Bach Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in G minor, Wq 135:
(Adagio/Allegro/Vivace)
This piece was written in 1735 in Leipzig and probably first performed in Frankfurt an der Oder. C.P.E Bach (1714–1788) is the second son of J.S Bach
and was born in German. C.P.E Bach is an influential composer who worked at a time of transition... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
He continuously shook his head like a crazy genius solving a hard math question. The violinist, oboist and bassoonist had similar gestures that we can
often see from many musicians. I could feel that they honestly felt the music, moved their bodies along with it. It was almost like dancing and I think
they were focusing so much and were moving subconsciously. They looked each other and were giving some kind of signs (through eyes) in order to
begin the music and that is the only moment when they did eye–contact during their performances. To be honest, I tried very hard to find the audience's
reactions to the performance but there were nothing more than just applause after each performance. Most of audiences were seniors, and they were
very calm and gentle. And the place was quite a small hall so I felt that I was in an old church in a small village in 1930s. The violinist and oboist
briefly interacted with audience before they started each performance. They explained little bit about the pieces and the basic information of them.
They informed us which part we should focus more and some audience laughed while they were talking, so they probably have sense of humor too, but
sadly I didn't understand some of their humors. Unfortunately, I had no chance to hear the bassoonist and harpsichordist's voice. They were kind of big
and taciturn.
As the program shows, this concert is all about the music of the Baroque period. The players were
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Johann Sebastian Bach Research Paper
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was born the 31st of March, 1685 and died the 28 July 1750. He was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period.
He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organization, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and
textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in
B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic
beauty, and intellectual depth.
Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized as a great composer until a revival of
interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.
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The hundreds of sacred works he created are usually seen as manifesting not just his craft but a truly devout relationship with God. He had taught
Luther's Small Catechism as the Thomaskantor in Leipzig, and some of his pieces represent it. The Lutheran chorale was the basis of much of his
work. In elaborating these hymns into his chorale preludes, he wrote tightly integrated works than most, even when they were massive and lengthy.
The large–scale structure of every major Bach sacred vocal work is evidence of subtle, elaborate planning to create a religiously and musically
powerful expression. For example, the St Matthew Passion, like other works of its kind, illustrated the Passion with Bible text reflected in recitatives,
arias, choruses, and chorales; but in crafting this work, Bach created an overall experience that has been found over the centuries since to be both
musically thrilling and spiritually
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What Was The Importance Of Bach In 1713
As soon as he arrived, Bach had the position of court organist and was also a member of the orchestra. He mostly focused on the organ for the first
few years of his post.in 1713, he had the opportunity to follow Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow's position at the Liebfrauenkirche, Halle; but his salary was
raised so that he could remain where he was. In 1714, he became the concert master which required him to compose one cantata per month. Bach
befriended a relative named Johann Gottfried Walther who was a composer andmusic lexicographer, as well as organist of the local church. Bach
participated in music activities in the town, and then began to teach Ernst August and Johann Ernst, Duke Wilhelm's nephews. Johann had a talent for
composing concerti
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Fanny Mendelssohn
In 1829, Mendelssohn conducted and performance the St. Matthew passion in Berlin Singakadamie(The first performance in a hundred year). Fanny
Mendelssohn was sang the alto part during performance, they prepared for the concert about this piece into four–hands version to study. Indeed, there
was a big successful of the performance and J.S Bach's name show up into people's view again. Mendelssohn was continued to performance all–Bach
program on the organ to retake the Master's valued piece into public. He was not only as a person who had promoted the Bach's art, but also putting
the Bach composition way into his own works. He published the Seven Characteristic Pieces op.7 in 1827, which was influenced by J.S. Bach's
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FrГ©dГ©ric Chopin (1810–1849) is the representative one. Although he isn't more characteristic than when he shows his love of the well–tempered
clavier in Etudes and preludes.
Chopin made prelude as an independent genre for the first time and changed its transitional status [11]. It is a revolution of the piano music–
freestanding prelude, which is different from the previous didactic publications about prelude. He wrote 28 preludes, op28 from 1836 to 1841,
including 24 preludes [12]. Each of them has a typically character. It is from 24 separate pieces using cycle fifth tonal layout, for example it looks like
A to G, G to D.
In contemporary period, Scriabin should be highlighted. Alexander Scriabin is a Russia composer and pianist of 19th century. Intense rhythm and
harmonies often appeared in his early piano works. He wrote a lot of preludes, from op.2 to op.74. The 0p.2–Op.22 is his early works, and the most
distinguished part is his prelude Op.11 (1896), which consists 24 keys of prelude written in Romantic Style. We can see from Scriabin that prelude
continues developing until recent century as an independent and unattached part of
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Johann S. Bach: A Classical Composer During The Baroque Era
Johann S. Bach was a classical composer and a very good performer. He was one of the best composers during the Baroque era and took the position
of organist for many different places during his career. Bach was and is a very important person in the classical music genre.
At first, he was an organist for the New Church. Bach would provide music for special events and the religious services held at the church. He was
supposed to give music instruction, but he was arrogant and independent. This made it difficult for him to get along with the students and the church
officials scolded him for not rehearsing enough and having trouble with the kids. Bach then disappeared for a few months without telling anyone
where he was going. He ended up going to Lubeck to listen to a well known organist and extended his stay afterwards. He left his home in Arnstadt
and got a position as an organist at the Church of St. Blaise in Muhlhausen. Bach only ended up staying in this position for a year because he liked the
complex arrangements and liked to weave different melodic lines together, while the pastor thought that church music should be simple and plain. He
then post the post of organist at the court of the Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar where he wrote some of his best compositions and cantatas. While
here, Bach tried to take a position with Prince Leopold of Anhalt–Cothen instead but Duke Wilhelm Ernst didn't want him to go and imprisoned him for
several weeks and then he was released and and went to Cothen. At Cothen Bach spent most of his time playing music. He ... Show more content on
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He could use melody to suggest actions and events and dew multiple styles of music from around Europe, including French and Italian. Bach used
counterpoint and fugue to create detailed compositions. He was considered the best composer of the Baroque era and is one of the most important
people in classical
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Johann Sebastian Bach Bio Bach Instruments
Although the clavichordf ell into relativeo bscurityb y the end of the nineteenthc en–tury,it had a long and distinguishedh istoryd atingb ack to the late
Middle Ages. Bach biog–rapherJ ohann Forkel claimed that the clavichord was Johann Sebastian Bach's preferred instrument; he was attractedb y its
abilityt o communicaten uances and subtleties, and con–sideredi t to be farm ore expressivet han the harpsichord. Bach was not alone in his
admira–tion for the clavichord; similar sentiments were expressed by numerous composers, performers,an d music lovers over those centuries,m any of
whom are quoted in this vol–ume. "Intimate"c omes to mind as a way of describingt he sound of a clavichord. At its loud–est the sound would be
described as soft,a nd its softests ounds are barely audible.
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19th And 20th Century: Music Analysis
For my EPQ I have done an artefact, which is a composition physically showing how music has developed and changed over the years. I have chosen
the five main musical eras, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th century, to feature within the composition. I have researched the key
features of these eras and what makes each era different from the others, and what allows them to be easily identified. I have then found the music for
'Happy' by Pharrell Williams (Pluta, 2014) and have copied the first verse and chorus five times, one for each era, and have moderated each section by
applying the characteristics for that specific era. Adding different features to the same piece of music has helped differentiate each section from each
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The main feature of this era was the use of the sustained pedal on the piano, (Ehrlich, 2009) which is used to hold down notes once a pianist has
lifted their hands off the keys. (Vartic, 2011) This lets the pianist sustain notes which would otherwise be out of reach, and accomplish legato
(smooth) passages. Therefore as the use of the sustained pedal was a distinguishable feature of the Romantic era, I have used it in my composition.
Another feature of this period, was that the melody had long runs of notes, (Deverich, Romantic Musical Period Style Characteristics , 2015) and also
wide leaps between notes to heighten the expressive qualities of the melodies (Deverich, Romantic Musical Period Style Characteristics , 2015). So
therefore I have adapted the melody to include both long runs of notes and wide
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Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jonathan Hugendubler
Fugue Bach–Shostakovich
10/10/2017
Comparative Fugal Analysis
The fugue is often regarded as a genre defined by strict procedural guidelines. It is notable that three historically important composers, Johann Sebastian
Bach (1685–1750), Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759), and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756–1791), all employed a closely related fugue subject in
three different works. An analysis of each of these works individually, and a comparison of these works collectively reveal numerous latent and salient
features, and a reflection of the composers' style within these works. Analyses also provide an outlook into the fluidity in certain aspects and rigidity
in others of the form itself, reflected historically. The three composers analyzed fall closely together in history. J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel were
contemporaries, whereas Mozart was born six years after Bach's death and three years before Handel's death. Analytically, the angularity of these
similar fugue subjects presupposes a treatment regardless of the composer. Because of the shared intervallic content among the subjects of these fugues,
despite being written by several different composers, a surprising number of similarities arise. Therefore, it is reasonable to assert that compositional
choices made in the construction of the fugue subjects limit the number of results possible.
This analysis will use the A minor fugue from of J.S. Bach's The Well
–Tempered Clavier, Book 2 G.F. Handel's "And
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Essay: Bach Prelude And Fugue
It was too cold a Spring morning in early November to be arriving at the venue of the Australian Musical Examinations Board, yet jubilant birds sang
soothing tones high above in the tall trees, completely oblivious to the sense of impending misfortune that haunted the restive figure below them.
Every possibility of failure seemed to ravish the cheery ambience of the practice room inside the warm studio. The Associate Diploma was a serious
exam, and very subconsciously, Anna knew that failing would mean a banishment– to go no further with her musical endeavors. It seemed more deadly
than being sentenced to gaol. She stared at her own series of music books that she clutched– Bach, Haydn and other forms of weariness, and then
launched into her first piece. After several miserable attempts to deliver a grand opening of a Bach Prelude and Fugue, she was being reluctantly
dragged out of the practice room and into the examination room. This time, her surroundings morphed into something even more intimidating and even
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It was a funeral piece– a piece of lament; so full of deep distress and existential angst. The melody was of blackest depression and melancholy,
unraveling Rachmaninov's brooding despair. Every fear, and every hesitation of his shuddering heart was disclosed within this piece of music. Thepiano
evolved into a living entity, and its wail was the climax. She plunged into the fierce 'appasionato' of the piece as it poured despondent tears, pensive
and grieving. Its heart spiraled into the fathomless deep abyss of anguish. She returned once again to the lamenting melody, shattering all the warmth
and joy in the world. She claimed the sorrow as her own and embarked upon the piece's coda. With the aura of grey becoming increasingly distinct,
she rose into the climax, and ended the piece in grave despair and
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Bach Essay examples
Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was unlike most other composers of his time. "He wrote music for the glory of God, and to satisfy his own
burning curiosity, not for future fame." During the 1700s, people knew him as a talented musician, not as a composer, as we do today. He never
left his country to pursue bigger and better things. Bach was content as long as he could play music. Traditions were very important to him. He
wanted to carry on the musical tradition of his family, and never opted to change the traditional ways of composing, as did most composers. Bach's
work is vast and unique. Bach received his first big job at the age of 23. He was a court musician, and wrote many wonderful organ pieces, most of
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Around the year 1721, Bach wrote a book of music called the Well–Tempered Clavier, which was composed of 24 exercises. It had a prelude andfugue
for every major and minor key. Twenty years later, he produced a second volume that was just like the first [in format]. Bach's polyphonic music is
full of counterpoint, the combining of two or more melodic lines into a meaningful whole. He perfected the art of the fugue, a complex composition
usually written for four musical lines. "Bach's fugues involved incredibly complex melodies that, even though they started at different times, wound
up sounding good together." The one I chose to describe is the first prelude and fugue from Bach's second book, in the key of C major. This piece
includes a harpsichord, an ancestor to the piano. It begins with a pedal note, the low note that keeps ringing while others are played 'around it'. In this
case, the pedal note is a low C and lasts for 13 seconds. This gives the song stability, making this piece feel momentous. It's "as if Bach were throwing
open the big doors to some enormous building." As the song progresses, you can hear the counterpoint, including low and high notes. Once the prelude
ends, there is a pause, and the fugue begins. The fugue begins with the first melody, with no accompaniment. As the first changes, the second melody is
added at a slightly higher pitch. Again this
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Qualities Of Benjamin Bach
Bach was a baroque composer who was known to be an outstanding, virtuoso organist. As a boy he learned to play the harpsichord, clavichord,
violin, viola, and organ, and spent a brief time as a vocalist in a monastery. Bach was quickly recognized as a nimble organist, displaying remarkable
technical dexterity in both hands and feet. He was soon offered a position as a church organist, and over the course of his career he held this position
in many churches. Upon obtaining a position in Leipzig where new music was required for services on a weekly basis, Bach began turning out sacred
works and cantatas like an industrial machine. Bach greatly admired and was inspired by Dietrich Buxtehude, who was not only a composer but also
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He displayed this special talent both in his personal life as a caring and devoted father, husband and provider; and in his career, as an organist and
composer. As an organist, he showcased acute discipline in the preciseness and equality of strength in each of his fingers. He played with keen attention
to noted and necessary fingerings in the execution of highly contrapuntal pieces he often performed. Not only were his hands adept, but his feet also
worked harmoniously at the pedals. While this multitasking attribute is no doubt recognizable in all of his highly technical library of compositions, it
is especially evident in his fugues, and inventions. This effect is the result of Bach's relentless utilization of counterpoint, which is the art of playing
two or more coexisting melodies subsequently in coherence. Although this complex arrangement may appear somewhat daunting, Bach's music is not
at all invincible. Rather it requires first, a careful and meticulous analysis, and then the same approach in
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Johann Sebastien Bach Research Paper
This thesis aims to explore the life of Johann Sebastien Bach (1685–1750), and his contribution to European classical music. Bach was a German
composer and musician of the Baroque period. To this day, he is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest composers and musicians of all time.
Bach is known for his talent in playing the organ, and the extreme complexity of his works using counterpoint, motifs and harmony. His catalogue
boasts over a thousand pieces, from cantatas, motets, lute pieces, four part chorales, to chamber music, orchestral works and canons.
Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany in 1685, to a family of musicians. In 1965, Bach became an orphan at nine years old when his parents died one
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In 1700, his brother couldn't house him anymore, and that was when Bach decided to move far away to attend the Latin School in LГјneburg. Because
of his talent in singing, he was recommended for a Freistelle at the school, meaning free tuition, room and board. At this point, Bach was a
competent instrumentalist. He learnt how to play the violin from his father, choral singing from school, and keyboard instruments from his older
brother. He was hungry to improve and gain knowledge. Hence, even though forbidden, he would secretly copy music under the moonlight for
months so that he could have a copy of his own for studying and practicing. By this age, other musical prodigies had already composed their own
works. For example, Beethoven composed his rondo when he was fifteen years old. From just this incident, we can tell how dedicated and music
hungry he was even as a young child. Bach was more famous as an organist than a composer during his lifetime. He had been interested in the organ
for a long time, especially during his stay with his older brother in Ohrdruf. He was only allowed to listen and observe. But he always knew
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Bach 's Musical Gifts : Bach Essay
There 's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself," as spoken by the famous
composer johann seb. Bach. And indeed, in his case, he was correct, a statement made in regards to Bach's legendary musical gifts, whether it be his
emotionally triggering music that broke all language barriers or his intense passion and drive that inspired Beethoven and Mozart. Born in 1685's
Thuringia, Germany into a family of musicians, Bach was destined to take up instruments a love of music from a very young age. Bach began his
musical career playing the violin, but after his parents' deaths, Bach was sent to an orphanage at age ten. He did not return to the practice and study of
music until he was adopted by his eldest brother, Johann Christoph, a church organist, who housed Bach until he was fifteen.
As he grew, his amazing soprano singing voice grew with him, helping him get into a school in Luneburg. However, when his voice changed and
got deeper, he was forced to retreat back to violin. As time passed, Bach began to take jobs with royalty, his first being a musician for the court of
Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar, occasionally filling for organists as well. Bach's unique style of playing and composing enchanted many of those lucky
enough to be in his presence. Some, however, disagreed. Later in his career, he began playing for churches; in one of them, his music taste clashed
with the pastor, bringing
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Bach's Organ Effect Essay
The troublesome part to clarify is the manner by which Bach created the Toccata's compelling organ effect. At the point when Bach was in Arnstadt
when he was young, the organ commonly did not have a 16–foot register on the keyboard; thus, it sounds an octave lower than the typical 8–foot
register. Accordingly, keeping in mind the end goal to make the impact, Bach utilized octave multiplying; thus, he proceeded with the resonating impact
of the opening bars; on the other hand, there is no octave multiplying in any of Bach's later organ works; in addition, the fugue sounds irate with its
continuous arrangement of quick notes. Likewise, Bach felt humiliated about his unrefined style, and he set the work aside; thus, Bach lost a ton of his
other early organ work totally.
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Who Is Glenn Gould?
Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist who was born on September 25, 1932 in Toronto, Canada. Gould was born to Russell Herbert Gold and
Florence Emma Gold. His family's surname was originally Gold but it was later changed to Gould to avoid being mistaken as Jewish. Glenn never
had any Jewish background but he would always joke about it. When in his infant stage, Gould developed an interest for music. Before he was born his
mother planned for him to be musically inclined by exposing him to music during her pregnancy.
When Gould was a young boy he was he was taught piano by his mother. He was announced to strike single notes and listen to their long decay; which
his father thought was different from most children. His interest for piano became stronger as he would play for family, friends, and sometimes large
gatherings, including a 1938 performance at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church. A tremendous step to his... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
He suffered from a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body; afterwards he was then taken to Toronto General Hospital and there his condition
started to deteriorate rapidly. By October 4 there were signs of brain damage. Gould's funeral was held in St. Paul's Anglican Church on October 15.
He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery next to his parents.
Glenn Gould is one of the most acclaimed 20th century classical musicians. His performance the Prelude and Fugue in C major was chosen for
inclusion on their NASA Voyager Golden Record. The recordings were placed on spacecraft voyager 1. A head of Gould was sculpted by the
Canadian artist Una Mavis Ehlert. At the Canadian Broadcasting Centre the Glenn Gould Studio was named after him. He also has a school named
after him ands the Glenn
Gould Foundation, which was made to honour and preserve his memory. Gould has more to add to his variety of honors, he was a very known name
in his music's history and contributed to a big part of his
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Bach Fugue Analysis
For that reason, Bach used a fugue in solo organ pieces and in instrumental works and choral cantatas. This Fugue is the most famous of fugues by any
composer.
The difficult part to explain is how Bach created the Toccata's forceful organ effect. When Bach was in Arnstadt when he was younger, theorgan
ordinarily lacked a 16–foot register on the keyboard; consequently, it sounds an octave lower than the normal 8–foot register. Accordingly, in order to
create the effect, Bach used octave doubling; consequently, he continued the resounding effect of the opening bars; conversely, there is no octave
doubling in any of Bach's later organ works; moreover, the fugue sounds furious with its uninterrupted series of fast notes. Also, Bach felt ... Show more
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This section segues into the third and final section of the Toccata, which consists almost entirely of a passage doubled at the sixth and comprising
reiterations of the same three–note figure, similar to doubled passages in the first section; after a brief pedal flourish, the piece ends with a D minor
chord. In Bach's brilliance, he made the subject of the four–voice fugue up entirely of sixteenth notes with an implied pedal point set against a brief
melodic subject that first falls and then rises. Nevertheless, Baroque music frequently encountered Violinistic figures and that of Bach, both as fugue
subjects and as material in non–imitative pieces. The answer is in the subdominant key, rather than the dominant. Although it's a four–part fugue, there
are only three voices, and some of the interludes are in two or even one voice (notated as two); although Bach employed only one simple triadic
harmony throughout the fugue, there is an unexpected C minor subject entry and, furthermore, a solo pedal statement of the subject (a unique feature
for a Baroque fugue). After the final subject entry, the composition resolves to a sustained B flat major chord; a multi–sectional coda follows, which
Bach marked as Recitativo. Although it's only 17 bars long, it progresses through five tempo changes; in addition, Bach had the last bars played Molto
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Psychogenic Fugue
Psychogenic Fugue Definition: disorder in which the pt forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life, while in the fugue there is no
memory of the former life, after the fugue they don't remember the events during the dissociative state Causes: severe stress and traumatic events Risk
factors: alcohol abuse and drug abuse Signs and symptoms: travel away from home that is unplanned, inability to recall past events or necessary
information from own life, assuming a new identity to makeup own unknown identity, excessive stress, problems daily functioning Treatment:
psychotherapy, family therapy, creative therapy, clinical hypnosis, no medication specifically for this disorder but treat pre–existing disorder(s) Goals of
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J. S. Bach Fuggue Essay
Talents vary in all human beings but a small fraction of those talents are noticed and are put into good use, which benefits not only the history of the
subject of his or her talent, but also the person's audience. According to Katherine Charlton, "A fugue is based on the polyphonic development of a
melody called the subject. J.S. Bach was one of those talented people who was not just a composer, but also composed works in fugue that he is most
famous for because of the quality of the works, which that are still performed today. Fugues were not a piece of cake, but he made it seem effortless on
his fugues even though they were difficult to perform. J.S Bach brought his uniqueness and special composing talents when creating his fugues,
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According to Betsy Schwarm, "The compound adjective well–tempered in the title refers to the employment of a tuning system that would work
equally well in all keys–a circumstance rare in Bach's day" (1). Betsy Schwarm also states, "By using the word clavier, Bach indicated that his music
could be played on any keyboard instrument, including harpsichord, clavichord, and organ" (1). It grabbed everyone's attention because it was
spectacular that the work could be played on a piano, which at that time was not known about in Bach's hometown of Germany at the time.
Toccata and fugue in D minor is also referred to as BWV 538 and is for the organ, but there is mystery behind it. There are reasons that strongly
suggest this work was not for an organ nor was written in D minor in the origin of it. There are even experts on the subject that doubt it was even
composed by Bach because Bach composed the work unlike his other works. There is even a copy by one of Bach's students that shows this work has
a different flow of others. There is a story through anything and both of these works have a background but just different
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Baroque Vs Renaissance Music
Every culture and civilization has been impacted in one way or another by music. Music is a universal phenomenon that continues to grow and
develop still to this day. There are millions of people who connect to music in some way. Some individuals simply enjoy listening to music, others
enjoy playing it, and there are some people who look deep into the trends, history, and evolution of music. In this paper, I chose to do a comparison on
the renaissance and baroque period; to analyze the differences between the renaissance and baroque musically and socially. Both time periods impacted
the development of music and social tendencies in a crucial way.
The Renaissance was a period in history from the 14th to the 17th century. The term Renaissance Music refers to the music composed and written
during the Renaissance era. These compositions were a huge impact on music following this time period. The Renaissance era of music began in 1440
C AD and lasted until 1600 C AD. Through this period rhythms were buoyant, and medieval counterpoints were further developed by renaissance
composers to create fugues. Afugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase is introduced by one part and successively taken
up by others and developed by interweaving the parts. Fugues are a very popular technique still to this day, and were used more and more through the
Baroque period. The new counterpoint that was introduced based on preference for consonance, including thirds and
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The Sistine Chapel Choir
Since the late 1400s, the Sistine Chapel Choir has consisted of 24 male singers. These singers are split into four different parts – soprano, alto, tenor
and bass – with 6 singers in for each part. The soprano and alto would consist of the upper range and tenor and bass would be the lower range. The
high voices consist of men that could sing in the falsetto range or men who unfortunately was snipped in order to keep their voices in that range.
Those men were later replaced by boys in the 1800s but the choir still remains all males.
In a Catholic church, they believed that singing music it was best to be unaccompanied so it can be sung from the heart to the ear of God without any
interference. So there would be no musical instruments playing
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Composer Report: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer Report: Bach
Jalen Beasley
Georgia Military College
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany in 1685 . Bach came from a generational family with many musical talents, for at least 5
generations. After the death of his father, he received his training inmusic from his older brother Johann Christoph. Bach's soprano voice when he was
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Bach held various positions: court violinist, chamber musician, and organist. Bach had his first appointments at Arnstadt and Muhlhausen. During this
period he wrote his first cantatas and a number of preludes and fugues. He also married Maria Barbara, a church choir singer. His first major
appointment was as court organist and chamber musician to the Duke of Weimar. In Weimar he composed cantatas, and wrote much organ music for
the church. Bach's first wife died and he remarried Anna Magdalena Wilcke, who was a singer and also the daughter of a court musician. Bach's last
appointment was as Cantor of St. Thomas School in Leipzig.( 1964–2014 M&L Sartorius "Johann Sebastian Bach: a detailed informative biography")
Bach's responsibilities included teaching, composing, directing choirs, and supervising the musical activities in several churches. He also was the
director of a collegium music. Bach wrote the Goldberg Variations, Art ofFugue, and other important large–scale works during the Leipzig period.
During this time Bach travelled to the court of Frederick the Great where his son CPE Bach became employed. JS Bach improvised on a theme
provided by the king and this became
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Act III, Scene 2 Of Igor Stravinsky's In A Foolish Dream?
In the duet "In a Foolish Dream" from Act III, Scene 2 of Igor Stravinsky's A Rake's Progress, we see the protagonist Tom begging for forgiveness
from his love Anne. After his sins and involvement with the devil, he wants their love to rekindle and move past his indiscretions. Tom faces Anne with
a disturbed mental state, believing that he is Adonis and Anne is Venus. Utilizing a key signature, it is apparent that Stravinsky intended to structure his
piece around Bb major. Through inversion and conflicting centricities, we can observe the hidden intentions and beliefs from both Tom and Anne, as
well as a sense of timelessness that Stravinsky creates by never truly moving away from Bb as the central pitch class.
While the duet's centricity lies on Bb, Tom and Anne's opening melodies stress different centricities of G and Db. While these centers are not related to
the Bb centricity individually, in combination the inversional relationship across Bb is clear. At the beginning of the duet, Bb is first established by the
pedal in the lower strings and neighbor figure in the upper strings. Immediately, the oboe disrupts the centricity by stressing G (Example 1). When Tom
enters on his melody, he first weights D, mimicking the dominant–tonic relationship that traditionally ascertains a key–center. When Anne enters on her
melody in measure 20 (Example 2), there is a stark shift of centricity to Db. To intensify this change, Stravinsky shifts the orchestration to match her
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Johann Sebastian Bach Research Paper
Johann Sebastian Bach's timeless work has continued to have an influential impact throughout the centuries. Being an accomplished musician and
composer of his time he has had many important roles in his life. One namely, are the roles that he revolutionised, Kantor of St. Thomas church and
Music Director of Leipzig, Germany. Leipzig is a city located in the state of Saxony, Germany. During the Renaissance it rose to prominence and in the
Baroque period, stood as a wealthy city amongst Hamburg and Frankfurt. Throughout the 16th century Leipzig endured, barely, the Thirty Year War and
plague (Stauffer). The city managed to develop and thrive afterwards and the influx of skilled refugees from foreign countries assisted in this
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Geck and Mann state that due to Bachs role as Kantor he couldn't take on the role of Capellmeister in the way he would of wished too, much to his
dismay (560). Perhaps this is why he was so involved in the Collegium Musicum, because it provided him with opportunities to explore and deliver an
enriched music environment to the city of Leipzig. Stauffer discusses how Telemann should be accredited for the formation of the group and it's impact
on cultural life in Leipzig. After the parting of Telemann and the collegium in 1705 there had been three directors; Melchoir Hoffman (1704–15),
Johann Gottfried Vogler (171515–20) and Georg Balthasar Schott (1720–29). During Bach's leadership of the group, meetings were held in
Zimmermans coffee house in the winter and Zimmermans garden in the summer. They performed concerts with orchestra and choir in a semi–public
location. These concerts were of importance as they started to gain popularity and become somewhat of a city interest (Pankratz 325). The Collegium
assisted Bach with composing and performing pieces, as he had ample concerts and musicians to draw inspiration from. "Bach realized the importance
of having under him the music at the Paulinerkirche as well so as to have help of university students in his presentation" (Pankratz
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Dmitri Shostakovich and Johann Sebastian Bach Essay
Dmitri Shostakovich and Johann Sebastian Bach
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) was one of the greatest composers of Soviet Russia. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) is regarded today as the
father of Western music. They came from opposite ends of music history and lived in entirely different environments, butShostakovich was undoubtedly
influenced by Bach's music, and their respective musical styles came from the same core tradition of Western music. But most importantly, underneath
the obvious differences and the subtle similarities, these composers shared the same artistic spirit.
Before looking more closely at the composers' works, they must be placed in their proper historical contexts. Bach was a great composer of the ... Show
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Baroque music tends to be complex, but with a very organized system of forms and harmonies that is the basis for almost all music from what is
called the "Common Era," the period between 1700–1900. The Common Era developed throughout the nineteenth century, but after 1900 music entered
an age of experimentation; music perhaps became a postmodern art genre very early on. Baroque music all sounds similar, although the educated
listener can tell Bach from Handel without difficulty. In the realm of contemporary music, however, entirely atonal music from Schoenberg and
Webern can easily exist alongside French Impressionism and Copland's American neo–Romanticism. Today's composers are similar only in that their
styles, and entire musical languages, are radically different.
Neither Bach nor Shostakovich was a musical innovator. Bach was the ultimate Baroque composer; his pieces are models of perfected compositional
techniques, filled with the smoothly flowing harmonies and complex polyphony characteristic of the time. His numerous dance suites, both for solo
instruments and orchestra, merely stylized the popular dances of the time. His six suites for unaccompanied cello are beautiful examples, predictable
and perfected, but in a way that never grows old.
If the 20th century is indeed the age of experimentation, then Shostakovich is no ideal. Perhaps, if the Soviet government had been more tolerant, his
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Johan Sabastian Bach Essay
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
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Compared to Vivaldi and Handle his music had more beat, and had more of a jazz taste to it. Something that was rare about his music was that it
was able to exist on any instrument. From a guitar, to a piano, his music was still effective, which was also not seen before. Although his music was
exquisite he did not receive much credit for it in his lifetime because it was thought to because it was thought to be " Old Timey." Although he was
not known for his amazing composer abilities during his time, he was known for his organ playing skills, which is what brought him to fame. The
style of "fugue" is also credited to Bach. Fugue is when music is written in two different independent lines, that make musical sense by themselves, but
when they are played together it makes sense as well. He wrote these as practice exercises for his nieces, nephews, and children, with no intent for
them to become famous, but now they are considered masterpieces of his
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The Prolific Canadian Pianist : Glenn Gould
The prolific Canadian pianist, Glenn Gould, was immersed in music early on in his life. Even before Gould's birth his mother, a musician herself,
played him music during her pregnancy. When he was still an infant he was known to hum along to music and wiggle his fingers in apparent chord
patterns, leading a doctor to say he would end up "either a physician or a pianist"(Ostwald 40). When Glen was three his mother realized that he
possessed tremendous musical talent, including absolute pitch as well as the ability to read staff music notation. Gould was taken to his first live
musical performance, a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann. As Gould described the experience in a 1959 CBC Radio Broadcast: "...it was a staggering
impression. The only thing I can really remember is that, when I was being brought him in a car, I was in that wonderful state of half–awakeness in
which you hear all sorts of incredible sounds going through your mind. They were all orchestral sounds, but I was playing them all, and suddenly I
was Hofmann. I was enchanted". This performance clearly had a lasting impression and led him to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in
Toronto at age 10. While there he studied music theory, organ, and piano.
Around that time Gould injured his spine in an accident, He began playing with an adjustable–height chair built by his father, a chair he would
famously use for the rest of his life. The chair was designed in such a way that Gould could have a
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Was Bach A Modern Innovator?
For many, Bach was, and still is today, considered to be a conservative, old–fashioned composer. However, there are also those who would say he was a
modern innovator, if not before his time. It was the sense of complexity in Bach's music that made many of his colleagues believe him to be
old–fashioned. Bach was intrigued by counterpoint and chromatic harmony, two concepts that were not ideal in a time where simplicity (the galant
style) was becoming more favored among composers. However, Bach was able to develop his musical personality utilizing what was seen as antique
techniques as well as using composition methods from other countries. It was not odd to see Bach combine conventional various styles in
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However, there are also those who would say he was a modern innovator, if not before his time. It was the sense of complexity in Bach's music that
made many of his colleagues believe him to be old–fashioned. Bach was intrigued by counterpoint and chromatic harmony, two concepts that were
not ideal in a time where simplicity (the galant style) was becoming more favored among composers. However, Bach was able to develop his musical
personality utilizing what was seen as antique techniques as well as using composition methods from other countries. It was not odd to see Bach
combine conventional various styles in unconventional ways. An example of these unconventional methods includes his incorporation of fugues into
the ritornellos of his arias and concertos and transferring the French Overture style into choral movements of his Church cantatas Unlike many
composers, Bach did not travel outside of Germany. However, he was still able to keep up with the modern trends from which music was evolving
like Italy and France to incorporate in his own works, by collecting manuscript copies of music and travelling within Germany. Despite, his consistent
use of more traditional methods, Bach can also be seen as an innovator. In 1722, he composed part 1 of the Well–Tempered Clavier which consisted of
twenty–four preludes and fugues for keyboard. There was a prelude and fugue for each of the twenty–four major and minor keys, proving it possible to
compose in a system of equal
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Bach Musical Offering Essay
This paper work will be talking about The musical offering, which wrote by the most important composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. The musical
offering was one of Bach's keyboard collection. In this essay will be including its background, an analysis of an interesting section, and its influence on
later composers. The musical offering was keyboard canons, fugues and another genre of Bach's music. All of them dedicated to Frederick the Great or
Frederick II of Prussia, who brought a one–line musical theme to Bach. Frederick knew that Bach had good improvising skill, so he wanted him to do
it. In addition, Bach had improvised three parts of a voice fugue, but Frederick did want to make it harder than Bach did. He told Bach to make it done
by writing
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How Did Bach Become A Composer
In the spring of 1723, when Bach signed a contract to become the new organist and a teacher at the St. Thomas Church and Thomas School in
Leipzig, he was already known more as an organist than a composer. Bach had an extraordinary ability to improvise on the organ and was able to
compose various style of music. He wrote educational works for his pupil and his duties were mainly to provide the weekly worships of cantatas.
And also, his publication of keyboard pieces had very little to do with his duties. However, his pride as a composer was determined to publish these
partitas. He also competed with Johann Kuhnau, who was a well–known composer at Germany at this time.
In 1726, after three and half years at Leipzig, Bach started to publish his own works. He was full of carefulness and cautiousness to publish his works.
At this time, his ideal style was not to be as long in length as English Suites, not as delicate as French Suites, simple but meaningful and virtuoso. He
also targeted the piece to amateur musicians to play for their own pleasure at home and salons, rather than large public performance venues, because in
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He published one piece a year sequentially and checked sales. In 1731, he reprinted all six Partitas in one collection. He named the Clavier–Гњbung
(Keyboard Etudes) which followed by the predecessor Kuhnau of Thomas Church at Leipzig. Titled this etude was not as same as the 19th century
specific etude. These suites were highly valued and had significance for his career at this time. Bach put his intention to these partitas for people who
wanted to receive comfort form the music and for demonstration of his compositional
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Requiem Analysis
Mozart's Requiem, in d minor K 626, was written in 1791. Franz Sussmayr, who was Mozart's understudy, completed it. About half of the Requiem is
credited to him, however analyzer's today and of his day question whether he really did complete any of it due to the mastery of the piece.
During Mozart's illness, a stranger visited him. This man (who kept his appearance concealed) wanted him to compose a mass for the dead. He was
obsessed at this point that he was writing his own Requiem and so although he was ill, he completed parts of it and a basic outline, of which he
discussed with his understudy Franz Sussmayr. He "made Sussmayr familiar with his further plans for the work, showed him the outlines of the
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However, slight modifications are made in a tonal answer so that the intervallic distance is not always the same as in the subject. The modifications
generally entail replacing dominant implications with tonic. Thus if a fugue subject begins on a dominant tone the answer begins on the
tonic."пїЅ(3)The answer in this case starts on the tonic (D). This occurs in the soprano line, in the middle of the fourth measure.
As we continue on, another counter subject (to play off of the new subject) occurs in the tenor line, five measures in on a "B natural"пїЅ. At rehearsal
letter F another tonal answer occurs in the alto line this time, starting on an "A"пїЅ. The counter subject to this enters in the bass line one measure later.
This one begins on "E"пїЅ. Finally, the subject appears in the Tenor line, four measures after F, with its counter subject entering in the soprano two half
measures later. Once the presentation of the subject is completed in all four parts (as with the counter subject) the end of the first section, called the
exposition, is completed. The exposition begins in "d"пїЅ minor and works its way to it's dominant minor "a"пїЅ minor at the beginning of the first
episode.
An episode is "A short interlude in the development section of a fugue that does not contain the subject or answer but connects entrances of either in
various keys."пїЅ(4) The first episode is
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Music: Gregorian Chant-Deum Veru
Gregorian Chant–Deum Verum is an example of monophonic texture, Akira Nishimura– String Quartet No. 2 is an example of heterophonic texture,
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ is an example polyphonic texture and Beethoven– Symfoni nr 6 Pastorale DRSO Rafael FrГјhbeck de
Burgos is an example of homophonic texture. Texture is one of the most essential fundamentals ofmusic. When dealing with different textures of music,
one would know and expect different levels to the music. Monophonic texture is describe when music only contains a melody line with no harmony. It
might be played by one person on their own, or by many people playing the same melody. Heterophony texture music is a type of musical texture that
characterizes the simultaneous
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Analysis Of Bach's Fugue
2. J.S. Bach's Fugues: chromaticism
The celebrated Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach composed two books worth of preludes and fugues, each consisting of 24 preludes and
fugues per book for a total of 48. In both of these collections, Bach created a piece "for each tone in both major and minor key" (Goeth). These books
were written at drastically different times in his life, and as a result, had different characters. I will be analyzing Bach's Fugue no. 24 in B minor from
Book I of the Well–Tempered Clavier; it is the last piece in the first book, and features significant amounts of chromaticism within its subject.
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In fact, Fugue No. 24 contains the most chromatic subject of all 48 prelude and fugues, and this occurrence is not by chance; Ledbetter believed that
Bach had a "deeply symbolic use of B minor in his music", generally associated with Christ's passion. The irregular, dissonant sounds present in the
subject create tension, as well as a sense of frustration and despair.
The Greek letter Chi, or П‡, is seen in the first two bars of this piece (fig. 2.1.1). It is both an allusion to Christ, as П‡ is the first letter in the Greek
spelling of his name, and to Christ's cross – since visually, П‡ resembles a cross (Smith). According to Ledbetter, this is "surely Bach's most elaborate
use of the device of chiasmus, with every four quavers of the 'sigh' motif forming the cross shape". One of Bach's students, Johann Philipp Kirnberger,
"identified the sighing semitones of this particular fugue as word paintings of despair" (Smith). This furthers the idea that Bach was trying to portray
suffering through this piece of music.
fig. 2.1.2 – Visualization of harmonic events and analysis of harmonization (bars 21–24)
In the bars 21–24 of the fugue (fig. 2.1.2), several appoggiatura–resolutions occur. While the top layer shows the original score, the middle layer
visualizes the passage without appoggiaturas, and the bottom layer represents the harmony. Within this passage, the first note of each slur is an
appoggiatura (a non–chord
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Components Of John Sebastian Bach
People create music in all kinds of different ways, if every piece of music sounded the same it would not be enjoyable. Many people reinvent older
composed music and take their own approach to it. There are plenty of instruments that people can use to make an old sound, sound new. People can
be very innovative and resourceful when it comes to recreating a new sound with an older composed piece. John Sebastian Bach is one of the many
composers whose music is being recreated in a new way. John Sebastian Bach was a composer born in 1685 in Germany. He built his reputation by
performing in churches, and after working his way up in the music field back then he was able to establish a career in composing. He created the
Well–Tempered Clavier and the Prelude No. 1 was the first piece of it. This piece was originally composed with a piano, like many pieces
composed at this time. A group of people, Les Objets Volants, used boomwhackers to recreate this piece in a new innovative way. Boomwhackers
are percussion tubes that people use to recreate music using various lengths of the tubes to make various sounds. The people who recreated this
piece with boowhackers were able to capture Bach's sound with a really peculiar instrument. Les Objets Volants were the group that used
boomwhackers to recreate Bach's piece. They are a group from France who do shows that involve juggling. They perform all kinds of different
skills they have in regard to juggling. They are very creative with their performances, so using an unfamiliar instrument to play a famous piece is
something that would not be out of character for them. Tzvi Erez is pianist who records classical performances. Niv Music is what Erez records his
music under. He is a very talented pianist who is able to capture the original composers' essence with his recordings of the major pieces he does. He has
various covers he has reordered, like Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederick Chopin, John Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, Erik Satie, Claude Debusssy, Edvard
Grieg, Mozart, and many others (Niv Music). This transcription, a transcription being a rewritten composition for new instruments, was truly
interesting. When clicking upon the video and seeing Les Objets Volants use a very
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Reflection Of A Critique Of The First Music Salon Class

  • 1. Reflection Of A Critique Of The First Music Salon Class On Monday, August 28th, that day marked the first music salon class of the semester. Before we officially started, we had cake, cheese, crackers, and grape–apple juice. While we did not have an official speaker for this class, our professor, Lisa Weiss, led the discussion for the evening. She started by introducing herself. She talked about her life in Boston, Massachusetts, and stories from when she was an undergraduate at Harvard University. One of the coolest stories of the evening was learning from Weiss that she had performed with Yo –Yo Ma. Afterwards, we introduced ourselves and talked about our dreams for the future. The class is small, about seven or eight people, however, we all have big and different ambitions. For example, two students are interested in the medical field. Although we are diverse, we all have one connection and that is music. We then discussed why we chose music and the role of music in our lives. Some students stated that they had done music all their lives and felt that it was something that they were meant to do. Others felt that they had not discovered their love for music until they came to Goucher College. With a variety of reasons, music is something that will always be with us. After the introductions and personal stories, Professor Weiss then discussed the syllabus and what is expected of us. Weiss emphasized the importance of being on time and at every class, because there would only be seven, possibly 8, classes the entirety of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Dissociative Fugue Essay Dissociative fugue is a very rare dissociative disorder that is "characterized by amnesia coupled with sudden unexpected travel away from ones home or place of work" (Coons, 1999). A person suffering from dissociative fugue can be experiencing uncertainty about their identity, either fully or moderately. Some of the symptoms of dissociative fugue consist of unexpected travel away from home, inability to remember major past events, and confusion about identity. According to Coons, some factors that can cause dissociative fugue consist of traumatic events: such as natural disasters or armed conflicts, childhood abuse, acute relationship or fiscal anguish, sexual transgressions, alcohol misuse, depression, and denying responsibility. There are ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Directed at a specific person or persons; 2. Which seriously alarms, annoys, intimidates or harasses the person or persons; and 3. Which serves no legitimate purpose" (Holmes, 1993). Stalking tackles numerous structures including telephone calls, mail, online, and face–to–face confrontations. Some of the different types of stalkers include criminal stalkers, erotomanic stalkers, psychopathic personality stalker, celebrity stalker, lust stalkers, hit stalkers, domestic stalkers, and political stalkers. Lets start with erotomanic stalkers. This is an individual that endures deranged convictions that another individual loves him. The celebrity and criminal stalkers are both pretty self–explanatory: one is a criminal and the other stalks celebrities. The lust stalker is enticed by unreasonable feelings of sexual predacity and claims their prey based on optimal characteristics; such as body type, looks, personality, or job related desires. The hit stalker is similar to a hit man; they are hired to kill people. The domestic stalker is someone who lurks after someone from their past; such as an ex. Lastly the political stalker is someone who stalks a stranger that holds a role in office: such as the president, a mayor, or ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Act III, Scene 2 Of Igor Stravinsky's In A Foolish Dream? In the duet "In a Foolish Dream" from Act III, Scene 2 of Igor Stravinsky's A Rake's Progress, we see the protagonist Tom begging for forgiveness from his love Anne. After his sins and involvement with the devil, he wants their love to rekindle and move past his indiscretions. Tom faces Anne with a disturbed mental state, believing that he is Adonis and Anne is Venus. Utilizing a key signature, it is apparent that Stravinsky intended to structure his piece around Bb major. Through inversion and conflicting centricities, we can observe the hidden intentions and beliefs from both Tom and Anne, as well as a sense of timelessness that Stravinsky creates by never truly moving away from Bb as the central pitch class. While the duet's centricity lies on Bb, Tom and Anne's opening melodies stress different centricities of G and Db. While these centers are not related to the Bb centricity individually, in combination the inversional relationship across Bb is clear. At the beginning of the duet, Bb is first established by the pedal in the lower strings and neighbor figure in the upper strings. Immediately, the oboe disrupts the centricity by stressing G (Example 1). When Tom enters on his melody, he first weights D, mimicking the dominant–tonic relationship that traditionally ascertains a key–center. When Anne enters on her melody in measure 20 (Example 2), there is a stark shift of centricity to Db. To intensify this change, Stravinsky shifts the orchestration to match her ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Johann Sebastian Bach Research Paper Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer during the Baroque Period of music. He was born on March 31st, 1685 in the town of Eisenach, Germany. He was the son of Johann Ambrosius Bach and Maria Elizabeth Lammerhirt. He had one brother and no other siblings that I could find when doing my research. His parents died when he was very young, and as a result, he went to live with his older brother until he was old enough to live on his own. He was educated at St. Michael's School in Germany, and received most of his upbringing during this time in his life when he lived with his brother and his brotherЕ› wife. Once he had grown to young adulthood, he left his brotherЕ› home and began working for a few different churches as an organist. This took ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. How To Write A Concert Critique On Thursday, May 18th, 2017 I attended a concert at Pierce College Performing Arts Center. This concert as wells as the others at Peirce College Performing Arts Center were sponsored by the Associated Student Organization (ASO). The concert began at one o'clock. The performers were students of the Pierce College Applied Music Program. The Host walked out and briefly talked about how dedicated and talented each student is. The pieces performed varied from time period and style of music. It contained music from Bach to Jojo. The first piece of the afternoon was "Fugue in E major" by J.S. Bach. the piece was performed by Sophia Cho. The piece began with a vivace tempo and remained the same for the entire piece. The dynamics of the piece was mezzo forte. The piece consisted of a lot of notes. The right hand had the majority of notes and continuously played throughout the piece. Because this ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I was familiar with the atmosphere of the concerts. I enjoyed the variety of pieces performed by the students. Each performer stood out because of their unique talent and had me engaged. I enjoyed both the vocal and instrumental pieces. I especially enjoyed the saxophone pieces because it was a contrast to what is normally played in class. I also enjoyed it because I found it relaxing. I enjoyed Gabrielle Johnson's performances, too. Her first song "El tra la la y punteado" by Granados was fun to watch because I did not think I would enjoy it. Johnson later performed "I am" by Jojo and the difference in her voice was fascinating. The other performer that had my attention the entire performance was Benz Marston. The way he played the cello was mesmerizing. I was so focused on his performance that I did not realize he did not use sheet music. The concert experience was engaging and fun because of the students of the Pierce College Music Program. Their hard work and dedication was apparent and made me appreciate it even ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Concert G.F Handel Trio Sonata in B–flat major Op.2, No 3: (Adagio/Allegro/Grave/Allegro) This piece was written in 1722 in London and performed in Convent Garden Theatre. G.F Handel (1685–1759) was a German–British Baroque composer whose works have been continuously played to the present. He is well–known for his orchestral suites and his chamber and vocal music. His most famous work is oratorio "The Messiah" C.P.E Bach Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in G minor, Wq 135: (Adagio/Allegro/Vivace) This piece was written in 1735 in Leipzig and probably first performed in Frankfurt an der Oder. C.P.E Bach (1714–1788) is the second son of J.S Bach and was born in German. C.P.E Bach is an influential composer who worked at a time of transition... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He continuously shook his head like a crazy genius solving a hard math question. The violinist, oboist and bassoonist had similar gestures that we can often see from many musicians. I could feel that they honestly felt the music, moved their bodies along with it. It was almost like dancing and I think they were focusing so much and were moving subconsciously. They looked each other and were giving some kind of signs (through eyes) in order to begin the music and that is the only moment when they did eye–contact during their performances. To be honest, I tried very hard to find the audience's reactions to the performance but there were nothing more than just applause after each performance. Most of audiences were seniors, and they were very calm and gentle. And the place was quite a small hall so I felt that I was in an old church in a small village in 1930s. The violinist and oboist briefly interacted with audience before they started each performance. They explained little bit about the pieces and the basic information of them. They informed us which part we should focus more and some audience laughed while they were talking, so they probably have sense of humor too, but sadly I didn't understand some of their humors. Unfortunately, I had no chance to hear the bassoonist and harpsichordist's voice. They were kind of big and taciturn. As the program shows, this concert is all about the music of the Baroque period. The players were ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Johann Sebastian Bach Research Paper Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was born the 31st of March, 1685 and died the 28 July 1750. He was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organization, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth. Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The hundreds of sacred works he created are usually seen as manifesting not just his craft but a truly devout relationship with God. He had taught Luther's Small Catechism as the Thomaskantor in Leipzig, and some of his pieces represent it. The Lutheran chorale was the basis of much of his work. In elaborating these hymns into his chorale preludes, he wrote tightly integrated works than most, even when they were massive and lengthy. The large–scale structure of every major Bach sacred vocal work is evidence of subtle, elaborate planning to create a religiously and musically powerful expression. For example, the St Matthew Passion, like other works of its kind, illustrated the Passion with Bible text reflected in recitatives, arias, choruses, and chorales; but in crafting this work, Bach created an overall experience that has been found over the centuries since to be both musically thrilling and spiritually ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. What Was The Importance Of Bach In 1713 As soon as he arrived, Bach had the position of court organist and was also a member of the orchestra. He mostly focused on the organ for the first few years of his post.in 1713, he had the opportunity to follow Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow's position at the Liebfrauenkirche, Halle; but his salary was raised so that he could remain where he was. In 1714, he became the concert master which required him to compose one cantata per month. Bach befriended a relative named Johann Gottfried Walther who was a composer andmusic lexicographer, as well as organist of the local church. Bach participated in music activities in the town, and then began to teach Ernst August and Johann Ernst, Duke Wilhelm's nephews. Johann had a talent for composing concerti ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Fanny Mendelssohn In 1829, Mendelssohn conducted and performance the St. Matthew passion in Berlin Singakadamie(The first performance in a hundred year). Fanny Mendelssohn was sang the alto part during performance, they prepared for the concert about this piece into four–hands version to study. Indeed, there was a big successful of the performance and J.S Bach's name show up into people's view again. Mendelssohn was continued to performance all–Bach program on the organ to retake the Master's valued piece into public. He was not only as a person who had promoted the Bach's art, but also putting the Bach composition way into his own works. He published the Seven Characteristic Pieces op.7 in 1827, which was influenced by J.S. Bach's Well–tempered Clavier. [9]... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... FrГ©dГ©ric Chopin (1810–1849) is the representative one. Although he isn't more characteristic than when he shows his love of the well–tempered clavier in Etudes and preludes. Chopin made prelude as an independent genre for the first time and changed its transitional status [11]. It is a revolution of the piano music– freestanding prelude, which is different from the previous didactic publications about prelude. He wrote 28 preludes, op28 from 1836 to 1841, including 24 preludes [12]. Each of them has a typically character. It is from 24 separate pieces using cycle fifth tonal layout, for example it looks like A to G, G to D. In contemporary period, Scriabin should be highlighted. Alexander Scriabin is a Russia composer and pianist of 19th century. Intense rhythm and harmonies often appeared in his early piano works. He wrote a lot of preludes, from op.2 to op.74. The 0p.2–Op.22 is his early works, and the most distinguished part is his prelude Op.11 (1896), which consists 24 keys of prelude written in Romantic Style. We can see from Scriabin that prelude continues developing until recent century as an independent and unattached part of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Johann S. Bach: A Classical Composer During The Baroque Era Johann S. Bach was a classical composer and a very good performer. He was one of the best composers during the Baroque era and took the position of organist for many different places during his career. Bach was and is a very important person in the classical music genre. At first, he was an organist for the New Church. Bach would provide music for special events and the religious services held at the church. He was supposed to give music instruction, but he was arrogant and independent. This made it difficult for him to get along with the students and the church officials scolded him for not rehearsing enough and having trouble with the kids. Bach then disappeared for a few months without telling anyone where he was going. He ended up going to Lubeck to listen to a well known organist and extended his stay afterwards. He left his home in Arnstadt and got a position as an organist at the Church of St. Blaise in Muhlhausen. Bach only ended up staying in this position for a year because he liked the complex arrangements and liked to weave different melodic lines together, while the pastor thought that church music should be simple and plain. He then post the post of organist at the court of the Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar where he wrote some of his best compositions and cantatas. While here, Bach tried to take a position with Prince Leopold of Anhalt–Cothen instead but Duke Wilhelm Ernst didn't want him to go and imprisoned him for several weeks and then he was released and and went to Cothen. At Cothen Bach spent most of his time playing music. He ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He could use melody to suggest actions and events and dew multiple styles of music from around Europe, including French and Italian. Bach used counterpoint and fugue to create detailed compositions. He was considered the best composer of the Baroque era and is one of the most important people in classical ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Johann Sebastian Bach Bio Bach Instruments Although the clavichordf ell into relativeo bscurityb y the end of the nineteenthc en–tury,it had a long and distinguishedh istoryd atingb ack to the late Middle Ages. Bach biog–rapherJ ohann Forkel claimed that the clavichord was Johann Sebastian Bach's preferred instrument; he was attractedb y its abilityt o communicaten uances and subtleties, and con–sideredi t to be farm ore expressivet han the harpsichord. Bach was not alone in his admira–tion for the clavichord; similar sentiments were expressed by numerous composers, performers,an d music lovers over those centuries,m any of whom are quoted in this vol–ume. "Intimate"c omes to mind as a way of describingt he sound of a clavichord. At its loud–est the sound would be described as soft,a nd its softests ounds are barely audible. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. 19th And 20th Century: Music Analysis For my EPQ I have done an artefact, which is a composition physically showing how music has developed and changed over the years. I have chosen the five main musical eras, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th century, to feature within the composition. I have researched the key features of these eras and what makes each era different from the others, and what allows them to be easily identified. I have then found the music for 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams (Pluta, 2014) and have copied the first verse and chorus five times, one for each era, and have moderated each section by applying the characteristics for that specific era. Adding different features to the same piece of music has helped differentiate each section from each other, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The main feature of this era was the use of the sustained pedal on the piano, (Ehrlich, 2009) which is used to hold down notes once a pianist has lifted their hands off the keys. (Vartic, 2011) This lets the pianist sustain notes which would otherwise be out of reach, and accomplish legato (smooth) passages. Therefore as the use of the sustained pedal was a distinguishable feature of the Romantic era, I have used it in my composition. Another feature of this period, was that the melody had long runs of notes, (Deverich, Romantic Musical Period Style Characteristics , 2015) and also wide leaps between notes to heighten the expressive qualities of the melodies (Deverich, Romantic Musical Period Style Characteristics , 2015). So therefore I have adapted the melody to include both long runs of notes and wide ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jonathan Hugendubler Fugue Bach–Shostakovich 10/10/2017 Comparative Fugal Analysis The fugue is often regarded as a genre defined by strict procedural guidelines. It is notable that three historically important composers, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759), and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756–1791), all employed a closely related fugue subject in three different works. An analysis of each of these works individually, and a comparison of these works collectively reveal numerous latent and salient features, and a reflection of the composers' style within these works. Analyses also provide an outlook into the fluidity in certain aspects and rigidity in others of the form itself, reflected historically. The three composers analyzed fall closely together in history. J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel were contemporaries, whereas Mozart was born six years after Bach's death and three years before Handel's death. Analytically, the angularity of these similar fugue subjects presupposes a treatment regardless of the composer. Because of the shared intervallic content among the subjects of these fugues, despite being written by several different composers, a surprising number of similarities arise. Therefore, it is reasonable to assert that compositional choices made in the construction of the fugue subjects limit the number of results possible. This analysis will use the A minor fugue from of J.S. Bach's The Well –Tempered Clavier, Book 2 G.F. Handel's "And ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Essay: Bach Prelude And Fugue It was too cold a Spring morning in early November to be arriving at the venue of the Australian Musical Examinations Board, yet jubilant birds sang soothing tones high above in the tall trees, completely oblivious to the sense of impending misfortune that haunted the restive figure below them. Every possibility of failure seemed to ravish the cheery ambience of the practice room inside the warm studio. The Associate Diploma was a serious exam, and very subconsciously, Anna knew that failing would mean a banishment– to go no further with her musical endeavors. It seemed more deadly than being sentenced to gaol. She stared at her own series of music books that she clutched– Bach, Haydn and other forms of weariness, and then launched into her first piece. After several miserable attempts to deliver a grand opening of a Bach Prelude and Fugue, she was being reluctantly dragged out of the practice room and into the examination room. This time, her surroundings morphed into something even more intimidating and even less ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It was a funeral piece– a piece of lament; so full of deep distress and existential angst. The melody was of blackest depression and melancholy, unraveling Rachmaninov's brooding despair. Every fear, and every hesitation of his shuddering heart was disclosed within this piece of music. Thepiano evolved into a living entity, and its wail was the climax. She plunged into the fierce 'appasionato' of the piece as it poured despondent tears, pensive and grieving. Its heart spiraled into the fathomless deep abyss of anguish. She returned once again to the lamenting melody, shattering all the warmth and joy in the world. She claimed the sorrow as her own and embarked upon the piece's coda. With the aura of grey becoming increasingly distinct, she rose into the climax, and ended the piece in grave despair and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Bach Essay examples Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was unlike most other composers of his time. "He wrote music for the glory of God, and to satisfy his own burning curiosity, not for future fame." During the 1700s, people knew him as a talented musician, not as a composer, as we do today. He never left his country to pursue bigger and better things. Bach was content as long as he could play music. Traditions were very important to him. He wanted to carry on the musical tradition of his family, and never opted to change the traditional ways of composing, as did most composers. Bach's work is vast and unique. Bach received his first big job at the age of 23. He was a court musician, and wrote many wonderful organ pieces, most of which ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Around the year 1721, Bach wrote a book of music called the Well–Tempered Clavier, which was composed of 24 exercises. It had a prelude andfugue for every major and minor key. Twenty years later, he produced a second volume that was just like the first [in format]. Bach's polyphonic music is full of counterpoint, the combining of two or more melodic lines into a meaningful whole. He perfected the art of the fugue, a complex composition usually written for four musical lines. "Bach's fugues involved incredibly complex melodies that, even though they started at different times, wound up sounding good together." The one I chose to describe is the first prelude and fugue from Bach's second book, in the key of C major. This piece includes a harpsichord, an ancestor to the piano. It begins with a pedal note, the low note that keeps ringing while others are played 'around it'. In this case, the pedal note is a low C and lasts for 13 seconds. This gives the song stability, making this piece feel momentous. It's "as if Bach were throwing open the big doors to some enormous building." As the song progresses, you can hear the counterpoint, including low and high notes. Once the prelude ends, there is a pause, and the fugue begins. The fugue begins with the first melody, with no accompaniment. As the first changes, the second melody is added at a slightly higher pitch. Again this ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Qualities Of Benjamin Bach Bach was a baroque composer who was known to be an outstanding, virtuoso organist. As a boy he learned to play the harpsichord, clavichord, violin, viola, and organ, and spent a brief time as a vocalist in a monastery. Bach was quickly recognized as a nimble organist, displaying remarkable technical dexterity in both hands and feet. He was soon offered a position as a church organist, and over the course of his career he held this position in many churches. Upon obtaining a position in Leipzig where new music was required for services on a weekly basis, Bach began turning out sacred works and cantatas like an industrial machine. Bach greatly admired and was inspired by Dietrich Buxtehude, who was not only a composer but also one of the greatest organists of the time. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He displayed this special talent both in his personal life as a caring and devoted father, husband and provider; and in his career, as an organist and composer. As an organist, he showcased acute discipline in the preciseness and equality of strength in each of his fingers. He played with keen attention to noted and necessary fingerings in the execution of highly contrapuntal pieces he often performed. Not only were his hands adept, but his feet also worked harmoniously at the pedals. While this multitasking attribute is no doubt recognizable in all of his highly technical library of compositions, it is especially evident in his fugues, and inventions. This effect is the result of Bach's relentless utilization of counterpoint, which is the art of playing two or more coexisting melodies subsequently in coherence. Although this complex arrangement may appear somewhat daunting, Bach's music is not at all invincible. Rather it requires first, a careful and meticulous analysis, and then the same approach in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Johann Sebastien Bach Research Paper This thesis aims to explore the life of Johann Sebastien Bach (1685–1750), and his contribution to European classical music. Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. To this day, he is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest composers and musicians of all time. Bach is known for his talent in playing the organ, and the extreme complexity of his works using counterpoint, motifs and harmony. His catalogue boasts over a thousand pieces, from cantatas, motets, lute pieces, four part chorales, to chamber music, orchestral works and canons. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany in 1685, to a family of musicians. In 1965, Bach became an orphan at nine years old when his parents died one after another. Along with his older brother Jacob, Bach went to... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In 1700, his brother couldn't house him anymore, and that was when Bach decided to move far away to attend the Latin School in LГјneburg. Because of his talent in singing, he was recommended for a Freistelle at the school, meaning free tuition, room and board. At this point, Bach was a competent instrumentalist. He learnt how to play the violin from his father, choral singing from school, and keyboard instruments from his older brother. He was hungry to improve and gain knowledge. Hence, even though forbidden, he would secretly copy music under the moonlight for months so that he could have a copy of his own for studying and practicing. By this age, other musical prodigies had already composed their own works. For example, Beethoven composed his rondo when he was fifteen years old. From just this incident, we can tell how dedicated and music hungry he was even as a young child. Bach was more famous as an organist than a composer during his lifetime. He had been interested in the organ for a long time, especially during his stay with his older brother in Ohrdruf. He was only allowed to listen and observe. But he always knew ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Bach 's Musical Gifts : Bach Essay There 's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself," as spoken by the famous composer johann seb. Bach. And indeed, in his case, he was correct, a statement made in regards to Bach's legendary musical gifts, whether it be his emotionally triggering music that broke all language barriers or his intense passion and drive that inspired Beethoven and Mozart. Born in 1685's Thuringia, Germany into a family of musicians, Bach was destined to take up instruments a love of music from a very young age. Bach began his musical career playing the violin, but after his parents' deaths, Bach was sent to an orphanage at age ten. He did not return to the practice and study of music until he was adopted by his eldest brother, Johann Christoph, a church organist, who housed Bach until he was fifteen. As he grew, his amazing soprano singing voice grew with him, helping him get into a school in Luneburg. However, when his voice changed and got deeper, he was forced to retreat back to violin. As time passed, Bach began to take jobs with royalty, his first being a musician for the court of Duke Johann Ernst in Weimar, occasionally filling for organists as well. Bach's unique style of playing and composing enchanted many of those lucky enough to be in his presence. Some, however, disagreed. Later in his career, he began playing for churches; in one of them, his music taste clashed with the pastor, bringing ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Bach's Organ Effect Essay The troublesome part to clarify is the manner by which Bach created the Toccata's compelling organ effect. At the point when Bach was in Arnstadt when he was young, the organ commonly did not have a 16–foot register on the keyboard; thus, it sounds an octave lower than the typical 8–foot register. Accordingly, keeping in mind the end goal to make the impact, Bach utilized octave multiplying; thus, he proceeded with the resonating impact of the opening bars; on the other hand, there is no octave multiplying in any of Bach's later organ works; in addition, the fugue sounds irate with its continuous arrangement of quick notes. Likewise, Bach felt humiliated about his unrefined style, and he set the work aside; thus, Bach lost a ton of his other early organ work totally. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Who Is Glenn Gould? Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist who was born on September 25, 1932 in Toronto, Canada. Gould was born to Russell Herbert Gold and Florence Emma Gold. His family's surname was originally Gold but it was later changed to Gould to avoid being mistaken as Jewish. Glenn never had any Jewish background but he would always joke about it. When in his infant stage, Gould developed an interest for music. Before he was born his mother planned for him to be musically inclined by exposing him to music during her pregnancy. When Gould was a young boy he was he was taught piano by his mother. He was announced to strike single notes and listen to their long decay; which his father thought was different from most children. His interest for piano became stronger as he would play for family, friends, and sometimes large gatherings, including a 1938 performance at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church. A tremendous step to his... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He suffered from a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body; afterwards he was then taken to Toronto General Hospital and there his condition started to deteriorate rapidly. By October 4 there were signs of brain damage. Gould's funeral was held in St. Paul's Anglican Church on October 15. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery next to his parents. Glenn Gould is one of the most acclaimed 20th century classical musicians. His performance the Prelude and Fugue in C major was chosen for inclusion on their NASA Voyager Golden Record. The recordings were placed on spacecraft voyager 1. A head of Gould was sculpted by the Canadian artist Una Mavis Ehlert. At the Canadian Broadcasting Centre the Glenn Gould Studio was named after him. He also has a school named after him ands the Glenn Gould Foundation, which was made to honour and preserve his memory. Gould has more to add to his variety of honors, he was a very known name in his music's history and contributed to a big part of his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Bach Fugue Analysis For that reason, Bach used a fugue in solo organ pieces and in instrumental works and choral cantatas. This Fugue is the most famous of fugues by any composer. The difficult part to explain is how Bach created the Toccata's forceful organ effect. When Bach was in Arnstadt when he was younger, theorgan ordinarily lacked a 16–foot register on the keyboard; consequently, it sounds an octave lower than the normal 8–foot register. Accordingly, in order to create the effect, Bach used octave doubling; consequently, he continued the resounding effect of the opening bars; conversely, there is no octave doubling in any of Bach's later organ works; moreover, the fugue sounds furious with its uninterrupted series of fast notes. Also, Bach felt ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This section segues into the third and final section of the Toccata, which consists almost entirely of a passage doubled at the sixth and comprising reiterations of the same three–note figure, similar to doubled passages in the first section; after a brief pedal flourish, the piece ends with a D minor chord. In Bach's brilliance, he made the subject of the four–voice fugue up entirely of sixteenth notes with an implied pedal point set against a brief melodic subject that first falls and then rises. Nevertheless, Baroque music frequently encountered Violinistic figures and that of Bach, both as fugue subjects and as material in non–imitative pieces. The answer is in the subdominant key, rather than the dominant. Although it's a four–part fugue, there are only three voices, and some of the interludes are in two or even one voice (notated as two); although Bach employed only one simple triadic harmony throughout the fugue, there is an unexpected C minor subject entry and, furthermore, a solo pedal statement of the subject (a unique feature for a Baroque fugue). After the final subject entry, the composition resolves to a sustained B flat major chord; a multi–sectional coda follows, which Bach marked as Recitativo. Although it's only 17 bars long, it progresses through five tempo changes; in addition, Bach had the last bars played Molto ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Psychogenic Fugue Psychogenic Fugue Definition: disorder in which the pt forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life, while in the fugue there is no memory of the former life, after the fugue they don't remember the events during the dissociative state Causes: severe stress and traumatic events Risk factors: alcohol abuse and drug abuse Signs and symptoms: travel away from home that is unplanned, inability to recall past events or necessary information from own life, assuming a new identity to makeup own unknown identity, excessive stress, problems daily functioning Treatment: psychotherapy, family therapy, creative therapy, clinical hypnosis, no medication specifically for this disorder but treat pre–existing disorder(s) Goals of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. J. S. Bach Fuggue Essay Talents vary in all human beings but a small fraction of those talents are noticed and are put into good use, which benefits not only the history of the subject of his or her talent, but also the person's audience. According to Katherine Charlton, "A fugue is based on the polyphonic development of a melody called the subject. J.S. Bach was one of those talented people who was not just a composer, but also composed works in fugue that he is most famous for because of the quality of the works, which that are still performed today. Fugues were not a piece of cake, but he made it seem effortless on his fugues even though they were difficult to perform. J.S Bach brought his uniqueness and special composing talents when creating his fugues, including ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... According to Betsy Schwarm, "The compound adjective well–tempered in the title refers to the employment of a tuning system that would work equally well in all keys–a circumstance rare in Bach's day" (1). Betsy Schwarm also states, "By using the word clavier, Bach indicated that his music could be played on any keyboard instrument, including harpsichord, clavichord, and organ" (1). It grabbed everyone's attention because it was spectacular that the work could be played on a piano, which at that time was not known about in Bach's hometown of Germany at the time. Toccata and fugue in D minor is also referred to as BWV 538 and is for the organ, but there is mystery behind it. There are reasons that strongly suggest this work was not for an organ nor was written in D minor in the origin of it. There are even experts on the subject that doubt it was even composed by Bach because Bach composed the work unlike his other works. There is even a copy by one of Bach's students that shows this work has a different flow of others. There is a story through anything and both of these works have a background but just different ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Baroque Vs Renaissance Music Every culture and civilization has been impacted in one way or another by music. Music is a universal phenomenon that continues to grow and develop still to this day. There are millions of people who connect to music in some way. Some individuals simply enjoy listening to music, others enjoy playing it, and there are some people who look deep into the trends, history, and evolution of music. In this paper, I chose to do a comparison on the renaissance and baroque period; to analyze the differences between the renaissance and baroque musically and socially. Both time periods impacted the development of music and social tendencies in a crucial way. The Renaissance was a period in history from the 14th to the 17th century. The term Renaissance Music refers to the music composed and written during the Renaissance era. These compositions were a huge impact on music following this time period. The Renaissance era of music began in 1440 C AD and lasted until 1600 C AD. Through this period rhythms were buoyant, and medieval counterpoints were further developed by renaissance composers to create fugues. Afugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts. Fugues are a very popular technique still to this day, and were used more and more through the Baroque period. The new counterpoint that was introduced based on preference for consonance, including thirds and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. The Sistine Chapel Choir Since the late 1400s, the Sistine Chapel Choir has consisted of 24 male singers. These singers are split into four different parts – soprano, alto, tenor and bass – with 6 singers in for each part. The soprano and alto would consist of the upper range and tenor and bass would be the lower range. The high voices consist of men that could sing in the falsetto range or men who unfortunately was snipped in order to keep their voices in that range. Those men were later replaced by boys in the 1800s but the choir still remains all males. In a Catholic church, they believed that singing music it was best to be unaccompanied so it can be sung from the heart to the ear of God without any interference. So there would be no musical instruments playing ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. Composer Report: Johann Sebastian Bach Composer Report: Bach Jalen Beasley Georgia Military College Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany in 1685 . Bach came from a generational family with many musical talents, for at least 5 generations. After the death of his father, he received his training inmusic from his older brother Johann Christoph. Bach's soprano voice when he was a young boy won him ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Bach held various positions: court violinist, chamber musician, and organist. Bach had his first appointments at Arnstadt and Muhlhausen. During this period he wrote his first cantatas and a number of preludes and fugues. He also married Maria Barbara, a church choir singer. His first major appointment was as court organist and chamber musician to the Duke of Weimar. In Weimar he composed cantatas, and wrote much organ music for the church. Bach's first wife died and he remarried Anna Magdalena Wilcke, who was a singer and also the daughter of a court musician. Bach's last appointment was as Cantor of St. Thomas School in Leipzig.( 1964–2014 M&L Sartorius "Johann Sebastian Bach: a detailed informative biography") Bach's responsibilities included teaching, composing, directing choirs, and supervising the musical activities in several churches. He also was the director of a collegium music. Bach wrote the Goldberg Variations, Art ofFugue, and other important large–scale works during the Leipzig period. During this time Bach travelled to the court of Frederick the Great where his son CPE Bach became employed. JS Bach improvised on a theme provided by the king and this became ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Act III, Scene 2 Of Igor Stravinsky's In A Foolish Dream? In the duet "In a Foolish Dream" from Act III, Scene 2 of Igor Stravinsky's A Rake's Progress, we see the protagonist Tom begging for forgiveness from his love Anne. After his sins and involvement with the devil, he wants their love to rekindle and move past his indiscretions. Tom faces Anne with a disturbed mental state, believing that he is Adonis and Anne is Venus. Utilizing a key signature, it is apparent that Stravinsky intended to structure his piece around Bb major. Through inversion and conflicting centricities, we can observe the hidden intentions and beliefs from both Tom and Anne, as well as a sense of timelessness that Stravinsky creates by never truly moving away from Bb as the central pitch class. While the duet's centricity lies on Bb, Tom and Anne's opening melodies stress different centricities of G and Db. While these centers are not related to the Bb centricity individually, in combination the inversional relationship across Bb is clear. At the beginning of the duet, Bb is first established by the pedal in the lower strings and neighbor figure in the upper strings. Immediately, the oboe disrupts the centricity by stressing G (Example 1). When Tom enters on his melody, he first weights D, mimicking the dominant–tonic relationship that traditionally ascertains a key–center. When Anne enters on her melody in measure 20 (Example 2), there is a stark shift of centricity to Db. To intensify this change, Stravinsky shifts the orchestration to match her ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Johann Sebastian Bach Research Paper Johann Sebastian Bach's timeless work has continued to have an influential impact throughout the centuries. Being an accomplished musician and composer of his time he has had many important roles in his life. One namely, are the roles that he revolutionised, Kantor of St. Thomas church and Music Director of Leipzig, Germany. Leipzig is a city located in the state of Saxony, Germany. During the Renaissance it rose to prominence and in the Baroque period, stood as a wealthy city amongst Hamburg and Frankfurt. Throughout the 16th century Leipzig endured, barely, the Thirty Year War and plague (Stauffer). The city managed to develop and thrive afterwards and the influx of skilled refugees from foreign countries assisted in this development. Leipzig's... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Geck and Mann state that due to Bachs role as Kantor he couldn't take on the role of Capellmeister in the way he would of wished too, much to his dismay (560). Perhaps this is why he was so involved in the Collegium Musicum, because it provided him with opportunities to explore and deliver an enriched music environment to the city of Leipzig. Stauffer discusses how Telemann should be accredited for the formation of the group and it's impact on cultural life in Leipzig. After the parting of Telemann and the collegium in 1705 there had been three directors; Melchoir Hoffman (1704–15), Johann Gottfried Vogler (171515–20) and Georg Balthasar Schott (1720–29). During Bach's leadership of the group, meetings were held in Zimmermans coffee house in the winter and Zimmermans garden in the summer. They performed concerts with orchestra and choir in a semi–public location. These concerts were of importance as they started to gain popularity and become somewhat of a city interest (Pankratz 325). The Collegium assisted Bach with composing and performing pieces, as he had ample concerts and musicians to draw inspiration from. "Bach realized the importance of having under him the music at the Paulinerkirche as well so as to have help of university students in his presentation" (Pankratz ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Dmitri Shostakovich and Johann Sebastian Bach Essay Dmitri Shostakovich and Johann Sebastian Bach Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) was one of the greatest composers of Soviet Russia. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) is regarded today as the father of Western music. They came from opposite ends of music history and lived in entirely different environments, butShostakovich was undoubtedly influenced by Bach's music, and their respective musical styles came from the same core tradition of Western music. But most importantly, underneath the obvious differences and the subtle similarities, these composers shared the same artistic spirit. Before looking more closely at the composers' works, they must be placed in their proper historical contexts. Bach was a great composer of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Baroque music tends to be complex, but with a very organized system of forms and harmonies that is the basis for almost all music from what is called the "Common Era," the period between 1700–1900. The Common Era developed throughout the nineteenth century, but after 1900 music entered an age of experimentation; music perhaps became a postmodern art genre very early on. Baroque music all sounds similar, although the educated listener can tell Bach from Handel without difficulty. In the realm of contemporary music, however, entirely atonal music from Schoenberg and Webern can easily exist alongside French Impressionism and Copland's American neo–Romanticism. Today's composers are similar only in that their styles, and entire musical languages, are radically different. Neither Bach nor Shostakovich was a musical innovator. Bach was the ultimate Baroque composer; his pieces are models of perfected compositional techniques, filled with the smoothly flowing harmonies and complex polyphony characteristic of the time. His numerous dance suites, both for solo instruments and orchestra, merely stylized the popular dances of the time. His six suites for unaccompanied cello are beautiful examples, predictable and perfected, but in a way that never grows old. If the 20th century is indeed the age of experimentation, then Shostakovich is no ideal. Perhaps, if the Soviet government had been more tolerant, his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Johan Sabastian Bach Essay 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 ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Compared to Vivaldi and Handle his music had more beat, and had more of a jazz taste to it. Something that was rare about his music was that it was able to exist on any instrument. From a guitar, to a piano, his music was still effective, which was also not seen before. Although his music was exquisite he did not receive much credit for it in his lifetime because it was thought to because it was thought to be " Old Timey." Although he was not known for his amazing composer abilities during his time, he was known for his organ playing skills, which is what brought him to fame. The style of "fugue" is also credited to Bach. Fugue is when music is written in two different independent lines, that make musical sense by themselves, but when they are played together it makes sense as well. He wrote these as practice exercises for his nieces, nephews, and children, with no intent for them to become famous, but now they are considered masterpieces of his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. The Prolific Canadian Pianist : Glenn Gould The prolific Canadian pianist, Glenn Gould, was immersed in music early on in his life. Even before Gould's birth his mother, a musician herself, played him music during her pregnancy. When he was still an infant he was known to hum along to music and wiggle his fingers in apparent chord patterns, leading a doctor to say he would end up "either a physician or a pianist"(Ostwald 40). When Glen was three his mother realized that he possessed tremendous musical talent, including absolute pitch as well as the ability to read staff music notation. Gould was taken to his first live musical performance, a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann. As Gould described the experience in a 1959 CBC Radio Broadcast: "...it was a staggering impression. The only thing I can really remember is that, when I was being brought him in a car, I was in that wonderful state of half–awakeness in which you hear all sorts of incredible sounds going through your mind. They were all orchestral sounds, but I was playing them all, and suddenly I was Hofmann. I was enchanted". This performance clearly had a lasting impression and led him to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto at age 10. While there he studied music theory, organ, and piano. Around that time Gould injured his spine in an accident, He began playing with an adjustable–height chair built by his father, a chair he would famously use for the rest of his life. The chair was designed in such a way that Gould could have a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Was Bach A Modern Innovator? For many, Bach was, and still is today, considered to be a conservative, old–fashioned composer. However, there are also those who would say he was a modern innovator, if not before his time. It was the sense of complexity in Bach's music that made many of his colleagues believe him to be old–fashioned. Bach was intrigued by counterpoint and chromatic harmony, two concepts that were not ideal in a time where simplicity (the galant style) was becoming more favored among composers. However, Bach was able to develop his musical personality utilizing what was seen as antique techniques as well as using composition methods from other countries. It was not odd to see Bach combine conventional various styles in unconventional ways. An example of these... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... However, there are also those who would say he was a modern innovator, if not before his time. It was the sense of complexity in Bach's music that made many of his colleagues believe him to be old–fashioned. Bach was intrigued by counterpoint and chromatic harmony, two concepts that were not ideal in a time where simplicity (the galant style) was becoming more favored among composers. However, Bach was able to develop his musical personality utilizing what was seen as antique techniques as well as using composition methods from other countries. It was not odd to see Bach combine conventional various styles in unconventional ways. An example of these unconventional methods includes his incorporation of fugues into the ritornellos of his arias and concertos and transferring the French Overture style into choral movements of his Church cantatas Unlike many composers, Bach did not travel outside of Germany. However, he was still able to keep up with the modern trends from which music was evolving like Italy and France to incorporate in his own works, by collecting manuscript copies of music and travelling within Germany. Despite, his consistent use of more traditional methods, Bach can also be seen as an innovator. In 1722, he composed part 1 of the Well–Tempered Clavier which consisted of twenty–four preludes and fugues for keyboard. There was a prelude and fugue for each of the twenty–four major and minor keys, proving it possible to compose in a system of equal ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Bach Musical Offering Essay This paper work will be talking about The musical offering, which wrote by the most important composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. The musical offering was one of Bach's keyboard collection. In this essay will be including its background, an analysis of an interesting section, and its influence on later composers. The musical offering was keyboard canons, fugues and another genre of Bach's music. All of them dedicated to Frederick the Great or Frederick II of Prussia, who brought a one–line musical theme to Bach. Frederick knew that Bach had good improvising skill, so he wanted him to do it. In addition, Bach had improvised three parts of a voice fugue, but Frederick did want to make it harder than Bach did. He told Bach to make it done by writing ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. How Did Bach Become A Composer In the spring of 1723, when Bach signed a contract to become the new organist and a teacher at the St. Thomas Church and Thomas School in Leipzig, he was already known more as an organist than a composer. Bach had an extraordinary ability to improvise on the organ and was able to compose various style of music. He wrote educational works for his pupil and his duties were mainly to provide the weekly worships of cantatas. And also, his publication of keyboard pieces had very little to do with his duties. However, his pride as a composer was determined to publish these partitas. He also competed with Johann Kuhnau, who was a well–known composer at Germany at this time. In 1726, after three and half years at Leipzig, Bach started to publish his own works. He was full of carefulness and cautiousness to publish his works. At this time, his ideal style was not to be as long in length as English Suites, not as delicate as French Suites, simple but meaningful and virtuoso. He also targeted the piece to amateur musicians to play for their own pleasure at home and salons, rather than large public performance venues, because in those times, keyboard had become the favorite family instrument among the growing number of middle–class amateur musicians. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He published one piece a year sequentially and checked sales. In 1731, he reprinted all six Partitas in one collection. He named the Clavier–Гњbung (Keyboard Etudes) which followed by the predecessor Kuhnau of Thomas Church at Leipzig. Titled this etude was not as same as the 19th century specific etude. These suites were highly valued and had significance for his career at this time. Bach put his intention to these partitas for people who wanted to receive comfort form the music and for demonstration of his compositional ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Requiem Analysis Mozart's Requiem, in d minor K 626, was written in 1791. Franz Sussmayr, who was Mozart's understudy, completed it. About half of the Requiem is credited to him, however analyzer's today and of his day question whether he really did complete any of it due to the mastery of the piece. During Mozart's illness, a stranger visited him. This man (who kept his appearance concealed) wanted him to compose a mass for the dead. He was obsessed at this point that he was writing his own Requiem and so although he was ill, he completed parts of it and a basic outline, of which he discussed with his understudy Franz Sussmayr. He "made Sussmayr familiar with his further plans for the work, showed him the outlines of the unfinished movements and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... However, slight modifications are made in a tonal answer so that the intervallic distance is not always the same as in the subject. The modifications generally entail replacing dominant implications with tonic. Thus if a fugue subject begins on a dominant tone the answer begins on the tonic."пїЅ(3)The answer in this case starts on the tonic (D). This occurs in the soprano line, in the middle of the fourth measure. As we continue on, another counter subject (to play off of the new subject) occurs in the tenor line, five measures in on a "B natural"пїЅ. At rehearsal letter F another tonal answer occurs in the alto line this time, starting on an "A"пїЅ. The counter subject to this enters in the bass line one measure later. This one begins on "E"пїЅ. Finally, the subject appears in the Tenor line, four measures after F, with its counter subject entering in the soprano two half measures later. Once the presentation of the subject is completed in all four parts (as with the counter subject) the end of the first section, called the exposition, is completed. The exposition begins in "d"пїЅ minor and works its way to it's dominant minor "a"пїЅ minor at the beginning of the first episode. An episode is "A short interlude in the development section of a fugue that does not contain the subject or answer but connects entrances of either in various keys."пїЅ(4) The first episode is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Music: Gregorian Chant-Deum Veru Gregorian Chant–Deum Verum is an example of monophonic texture, Akira Nishimura– String Quartet No. 2 is an example of heterophonic texture, Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ is an example polyphonic texture and Beethoven– Symfoni nr 6 Pastorale DRSO Rafael FrГјhbeck de Burgos is an example of homophonic texture. Texture is one of the most essential fundamentals ofmusic. When dealing with different textures of music, one would know and expect different levels to the music. Monophonic texture is describe when music only contains a melody line with no harmony. It might be played by one person on their own, or by many people playing the same melody. Heterophony texture music is a type of musical texture that characterizes the simultaneous ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Analysis Of Bach's Fugue 2. J.S. Bach's Fugues: chromaticism The celebrated Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach composed two books worth of preludes and fugues, each consisting of 24 preludes and fugues per book for a total of 48. In both of these collections, Bach created a piece "for each tone in both major and minor key" (Goeth). These books were written at drastically different times in his life, and as a result, had different characters. I will be analyzing Bach's Fugue no. 24 in B minor from Book I of the Well–Tempered Clavier; it is the last piece in the first book, and features significant amounts of chromaticism within its subject. 2.1 Analysis of Bach's Fugue no. 24 in B minor It seems fitting that the last fugue in the first book of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In fact, Fugue No. 24 contains the most chromatic subject of all 48 prelude and fugues, and this occurrence is not by chance; Ledbetter believed that Bach had a "deeply symbolic use of B minor in his music", generally associated with Christ's passion. The irregular, dissonant sounds present in the subject create tension, as well as a sense of frustration and despair. The Greek letter Chi, or П‡, is seen in the first two bars of this piece (fig. 2.1.1). It is both an allusion to Christ, as П‡ is the first letter in the Greek spelling of his name, and to Christ's cross – since visually, П‡ resembles a cross (Smith). According to Ledbetter, this is "surely Bach's most elaborate use of the device of chiasmus, with every four quavers of the 'sigh' motif forming the cross shape". One of Bach's students, Johann Philipp Kirnberger, "identified the sighing semitones of this particular fugue as word paintings of despair" (Smith). This furthers the idea that Bach was trying to portray suffering through this piece of music. fig. 2.1.2 – Visualization of harmonic events and analysis of harmonization (bars 21–24) In the bars 21–24 of the fugue (fig. 2.1.2), several appoggiatura–resolutions occur. While the top layer shows the original score, the middle layer visualizes the passage without appoggiaturas, and the bottom layer represents the harmony. Within this passage, the first note of each slur is an appoggiatura (a non–chord ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Components Of John Sebastian Bach People create music in all kinds of different ways, if every piece of music sounded the same it would not be enjoyable. Many people reinvent older composed music and take their own approach to it. There are plenty of instruments that people can use to make an old sound, sound new. People can be very innovative and resourceful when it comes to recreating a new sound with an older composed piece. John Sebastian Bach is one of the many composers whose music is being recreated in a new way. John Sebastian Bach was a composer born in 1685 in Germany. He built his reputation by performing in churches, and after working his way up in the music field back then he was able to establish a career in composing. He created the Well–Tempered Clavier and the Prelude No. 1 was the first piece of it. This piece was originally composed with a piano, like many pieces composed at this time. A group of people, Les Objets Volants, used boomwhackers to recreate this piece in a new innovative way. Boomwhackers are percussion tubes that people use to recreate music using various lengths of the tubes to make various sounds. The people who recreated this piece with boowhackers were able to capture Bach's sound with a really peculiar instrument. Les Objets Volants were the group that used boomwhackers to recreate Bach's piece. They are a group from France who do shows that involve juggling. They perform all kinds of different skills they have in regard to juggling. They are very creative with their performances, so using an unfamiliar instrument to play a famous piece is something that would not be out of character for them. Tzvi Erez is pianist who records classical performances. Niv Music is what Erez records his music under. He is a very talented pianist who is able to capture the original composers' essence with his recordings of the major pieces he does. He has various covers he has reordered, like Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederick Chopin, John Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, Erik Satie, Claude Debusssy, Edvard Grieg, Mozart, and many others (Niv Music). This transcription, a transcription being a rewritten composition for new instruments, was truly interesting. When clicking upon the video and seeing Les Objets Volants use a very ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...