Sharing one of the presentations I used for my Music classes in Eden High School in Belize

1. Johann
Sebastia
n Bach
Done by Mr.Lunar.
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2. Important facts to know.
Born: 1685 in Germany
Died: 1750
Period of Music: Baroque.
Instruments he played:
Organ, Harpsichord,
Clavichord, Violin

3. Major Compositions: Harpsichord:
Little Bool for the Keyboard, the Well-
Tempered Clavier, Books 1 and 2.
Organ: Toccata and Fugue in D
Minor. Orchestra: Branderburg
Cocertos. Choral: Christmas Oratorio,
St Matthew Passion.
Interesting facts: Bach taught many of
his 20 children to play musical
instruments.

4. The story of Bach.Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach,
Germany insto a large family of musicians. His
father played the violin. It was no wonder that Bach
grew up loving music.
Bach parents’s died when he was 10 years old. He
went to live with his oldest brother, Christoph, who
taught him to play the Harpsichord and Organ.
During this time Bach went to school where his boy
soprano voice was admired.
At the age of 18 he became the organist of Arnstadt
and began composing.

5. When he was 22, Bach moved to
another city and married Maria
Barbara Bach. They had 7 children.
He was known as an outstanding
church musician, he was appointed to
court organist and violinist to the
Duke of Weimar; He stayed in
Weimar for nine years and during this
time Bach composed some of his
finest organ Music, including the great
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

6. Video of Tocata and Fugue in D Minor (link below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA

7. In 1717 when he was 32, Bach
accepted the post of master of music
to Prince Leopold, while there he
composed much of his orchestral
music including the six popular
Brandenburg Concertos.
Bach’s wife Maria, died in 1720 and in
1721 he married the beautiful Anna
Magdalena who was a good singer
and musician Bach had 13 more
children with her and taught most of

8. Bach was deeply religious
and a devoted family man.
His music was signed:
“S.D.G” (Soli Deo Gloria)
which means “to God be the
glory”.
Bach became blind in 1749
and died in 1750. Johann
Sebastian Bach is considered
to be one of the greatest
masters of the Baroque

9. The Baroque Period.
The years 1600-1750 were called the Baroque
(bah-roke) period in music, art and architecture.
This was a time of kings, castles, royal pomp and
ceremony, but also a time of growing towns and
development of trade, manufacturing and education
in Europe.
Because most Baroque musicians worked as
servants of the royal court, the church or the town,
their music reflected their occupation. Court
musicians wrote dances and music for concerts and
royal ceremonies. Church musicians wrote
instrumental and vocal music for church services.

10. Baroque Technique.
A compositional technique known as Counterpoint
was develop and perfected in the Baroque era.
Counterpoint involves combining two or more
contrasting themes in a way that sounds unified
(examples: invention and fugues)
In Baroque music, many trills, grace notes turns
and rapid scale passages were used to make the
melody more expressive, using major and minor
keys.

11. Example:

12. Video of Invention in A Minor (link below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=376WmI74mxc

13. QUESTIONS?
THE END.