Baroque composers

Baroque Composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21st, in l685. He was born in Eisenach, which is in Germany. He was of German nationality. He died on July 28th, 1750, in Leipzig, Germany. My favorite composition is “Toccata and Fugue in D minor”. It thought to be written somewhere during the first part of the 18th century, between 1703-1707. It is played mostly on the organ, and made up of two parts: The toccata and the fugue. The toccata represents a musical form for different keyboard

Bach and Handel are often compared against each other as the great composers of the Baroque period. They both were masters of the Baroque music and wrote many pieces that are still part of the normal and required repertoire. However, Paul Henry Lang makes an argument against comparing these two composers together as well as an argument against the idea of Handel being a German national composer. Lang had extensive education in this field, and so he was able to argue these points with facts behind

Bach Bach was born on March 21st, 1685 in Germany then later died in July 28th, 1750 in Leipzig and he was a composer of the Baroque era. One of the neat things about Bach that you may not know is that he was one of the most celebrated northern German musicians of his time. He was regarded in his time as one of the greatest composers of his time. Bach came from a long line of composers over at least 300 years. When he was 10 years old he lost both of his parents and was brought up by his older brother

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

the baroque era, and it wasn't until the late seventeenth century that the concerto took on its modern meaning; a piece of music that combined a solo instrument with orchestra or a group of soloists. It is usually composed in three parts, each movement distinguished by tempo changes. In the late sixteen hundreds composers gave rise to a this new form of orchestral music, which later became the most recognized and distinguished of all the other baroque genres. Such is a feature in the baroque era

The evolution of music, how it started, and how composers create music is phenomenal nowadays, the equipment used such as technology plays a great important role in how music is created and produced for clients who want the music. Music composers are the main reason that music most people hear today are available to be heard; thanks to composers, they provide the entertainment for consumers and, like other employees that work, have to make money and earn a living for themselves. Music composition

Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer and virtuosic violinist known more for his instrumental works. Antonio Vivaldi composed Bajazet (1735), a pasticcio, also called Il Tamerlano. The libretto was written by Agostino Piovene, premiered in Verona for the Carnival season of 1735. It is presented in 3 acts, with a three movement sinfonia as an overture to the opera. The opera is about the fate of Bajazet (based on Beyazid I-Sultan of Ottoman Empire) after being captured by Tamerlane (based

Vivaldi December 12, 1717 As noted in a previous journal entry, I had made a trip to Cöthen where the great composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, is under the service of Prince Leopold. There I heard a recent keyboard transcription of Bach’s. The transcription was of a piece called Concerto in D minor for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo. Bach listed the composer as the well-known Venetian composer Benedetto Marcello. As I listened to the piece, I was captured by the simple yet eloquent melodies that were

John Milton Cage Jr. is easily one of the most influential American composers of our time. John Cage spent his early life in Los Angeles, California after being born to Lucretia Harvey and John Milton Cage Sr. on September 5, 1912. Cage’s embarked on the first steps to his music career when he began taking private piano lessons when he was just a kid. As the years went by it seemed as if Cage became more interested in literature and writing than music composition. Cage graduated from Los Angeles

The intricate universe of mergers is often a chaotic endeavor for many musicians, one where few artists have found success unless that artist’s name is Brian Eno. But let it be a pair of Canadian producers to subvert this notion. A master at exercising the dichotomy between electronic intelligentsia and the dark confines of breakcore, Venetian Snares (Aaron Funk) teams up with prolific producer Daniel Lanois, whose name is attached to projects like U2’s The Joshua Tree and Brian Eno’s “Apollo -