Johann Sebastian Bach: The Four Musical Periods Of Classical Music

Rather than opening with preludes, his orchestral suites began with ouvertures, giving a much more powerful and eye-opening experience. Plus, it is difficult for a large sum of instruments to adhere to the runs and phrases in a prelude. In his time, Bach preferred there to be a sense of magnificent somberness, which the prelude certainly would not have given off. Bach, too, eliminated the three "vital" sections from his suites, only including one of the three in each of his suites. His compositions of orchestral suites seems to be another example of Bach's ability to be creative, astounding, and eccentric all at once through his music.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote many amazing masterpieces, many still given life today through performance around the world. There are, however, many pieces that do not shine as brightly in the public eye. One of these pieces is Bach’s BWV 543, entitled “Prelude and Fugue in A minor” and otherwise nicknamed “The Great.” This music is said not to be a famous piece for organ but does itself justice when compared to his similar and more famous works. With its many musical structures weaving in and out of the piece and its highly virtuosic nature, after hearing the BWV 543 performed it is easy to understand why it is nicknamed as such. To begin to understand the nature of a piece, such as the “Prelude and Fugue in A Minor,” one must first understand Bach and the influences upon him.

Vivaldi’s deft coordination of melody and harmony was much admired by Johann Sebastian Bach who absorbed the Italian style through his study and transcription of his concertos and trio-sonatas. This influence is particularly apparent in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Other distinctive elements of Vivaldi's style included a fluid alternation of major and minor tonalities, a highly progressive use of dissonance and rich harmonies, and an innate melodic gift particularly in slow movements. His vocal music has been criticized for perfunctory text-setting and violinist vocal writing, but there are examples of great skill and inspiration in this genre such as his Gloria or Magnificat and his virtuosic and highly expressive motets for solo voice. Vivaldi was unquestionably a master orchestrator who explored the idiomatic potential of the many instruments for which he wrote.

The Baroque Period was a very unique time period when the arts flourished, especially music. New techniques and ideas began to become more prominent during this time and changed the rules of how music was being written. Also, new composers appeared and gave their own input and style to Baroque music. However, one of the most prolific and well known composer during this time was Johann Sebastian Bach. It is also no surprise that he was an excellent musician and composer.

Music as Clay In our study of Bach, we have seen how he was able to take traditional, sacred texts and write accompaniments for them that capture the meaning of those texts in a very unique way. Bach had the power to write music that was so expressive that it could actually make the listener feel what the text was saying. This power of Bach's music is often overlooked in our society, because the modern human culture it quick to judge the beauty of music. By doing this, we fail to hear the truths Bach wrote. The following is a close study of how Bach was able to combine text and harmonies in one specific movement of his Cantata No.

Leah Selk Throughout history there have been many great and inspiring composers and conductors. Two of the greatest men in the history are Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms. The music these two men composed and conducted is some of the greatest music of all time, even with different styles. While Bach showed deep spiritual commitment, Brahms focused on simply composing classical pieces. Even though many did not like them at the time, their music has changed the music world forever.

“The drama in their music, the contrasts between soft and strong, chorus and solo, voices and instruments, are all typical of the Baroque style.” In 1708, Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimer appointed Bach as the court organist and chamber musician. Bach did most of his composing while he... ... middle of paper ... ... Now all four melodies are playing together, all being completely unique, but still sounding perfect together. The main characteristic of the melody is a group of six notes - two very short, two slightly longer, then two even longer notes. This melody is played many times throughout the piece. To create excitement, Bach uses a common technique.

It contains two volumes. In each of these volumes there is a prelude and fugue in every major and minor key of chromatic scale. The great amount of variety in composition makes the composition very complex but also very enjoyable to listen to. Bach’s prelude-fugue in D major was first release in 1722. Listening to Bach’s prelude-fugue in D major the first thing that is noticed is that it is very complex.

Introduction Over time, the world has seen many outstanding musicians, and so much fantastic music. Each highly remembered composer or musician changed the way we think and see the world. They give us new ideas, and music is a wonderful way to convey moods and emotions. Each also slightly changed music itself. Handel was one of the greatest of these people.

Furthermore, the rhythm expands from monody (solo accompanied by instrumental), to bizarre rhythm by the presence of accents which was accompanied by the bass part. Dissonant chords played a big part in making sure the audience can visualize the word in text. This Genre from the Baroque Era had quite a few famous composers, the most remarkable of them all is a man named Johann Sebastian Bach popularly known as JS Bach. Bach was born in 1685 in Eisenach Germany, and died in the year 1750. During Bach`s lifetime, he was regarded... ... middle of paper ... ... instrumental performance that introduces the listener to what is about to come.