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Bach's compositions include hundreds of cantatas, both sacred and secular. He composed Latin church music, Passions, oratorios, and motets. He often adopted Lutheran hymns, not only in his larger vocal works, but for instance also in his four-part chorales and his sacred songs. He wrote extensively for organ and for other keyboard instruments.
Mar 24, 2017 · Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue is a work of high art. But in keeping with the late works of artists such as Shakespeare, Beethoven and Goya, it contains elements of pathos, humour ...
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As Thomaskantor and music director of the city of Leipzig, Bach was responsible for the music performances in the Leipzig churches. He composed most of the pieces himself, with older members...
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Style
Bach’s inventive and unique melodiescombine the finest of Italian, French and German styles while remaining full and contrapuntal; however, his melodies often imply emotion rather than convey it—something that many people today have trouble understanding. Bach’s counterpoint is among the most careful and precise ever conceived; the complexity of it is captivating to composers and non-composers alike, and contains as many as five melodies all harmonizing with each other at once. This combinati...
The BWV numbering system
Bach's works are indexed with BWV numbers, an initialism for Bach Werke Verzeichnis (“Bach Works Catalogue”). The catalogue, published in 1950, was compiled by Wolfgang Schmieder and is organized thematically, rather than chronologically: BWV 1–224 are cantatas, BWV 225–248 the large-scale choral works, BWV 250–524 chorales and sacred songs, BWV 525–748 organ works, BWV 772–994 other keyboard works, BWV 995–1000 lute music, BWV 1001–1040 chamber music, BWV 1041–1071 orchestral music, and BWV...
Organ works
Bach was best known during his lifetime as an organist, organ consultant, and composer of organ works both in the traditional German free genres such as preludes, fantasias, and toccatas, and stricter forms such as chorale preludes and fugues. He established a reputation at a young age for his great creativity and ability to integrate aspects of several different national styles into his organ works. A decidedly North German influence was exerted by Georg Böhm, with whom Bach came in contact...
In his later years and after his death, Bach's reputation as a composer declined. His works were regarded as old-fashioned compared to the emerging classical style. But, he was far from forgotten. He was remembered as a player and teacher (as well, of course, as composer), and as father of his children (most notably Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach). His ...
Modern scholarship
1. David, H. T. and A. Mendel (eds.). The New Bach Reader, 2nd ed. Revised and expanded by C. Wolff. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1999. ISBN 0393319563 1. A significant repository of documentary evidence, including contemporary documents, some by Bach himself. This book includes an English translation of the biography of Bach, by the early nineteenth-century German musicologist Johann Nikolaus Forkel. 1. Hofstadter, Douglas. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, 20th anniversar...
Earlier scholarship
1. Schweitzer, Albert. J. S. Bach, vol. 1. New York: Dover Publications, 1966. ISBN 0486216314 2. Spitta, P. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1889. 1. An early, groundbreaking, three-volume study of Bach's life and music.
Boyd, Malcolm. Bach, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0195142225David, H. T. and A. Mendel (eds.). The New Bach Reader, 2nd ed. Revised and expanded by C. Wolff. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1999. ISBN 0393319563Forkel, Johann Nicolaus. On Johann Sebastian Bach's Life, Genius, and Works(1802). Translated by A. C. F. Kollmann (1820).Gaines, James R. Evening in the Palace of Reason. New York: Harper/Collins, 2005. ISBN 0007156588All links retrieved May 11, 2018. 1. Johann Sebastian Bach– 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica 2. The J.S. Bach Home Page 3. Bach Bibliographyby Yo Tomita 4. The Canons and Fugues of J. S. Bachby Timothy A. Smith 5. Bach Cantatas Website 6. Johann Sebastian Bach– Piano Society – Free Classical Piano Recordings 7. Dave’s J.S. Bach Pageby David J. Grossma...
http://www.britannica.com/art/cantata-music. Bach composed some of this music when he was still in Weimar (BWV 80A) and then revised and expanded the cantata for performance in Leipzig around 1730 (BWV 80B), with additional re-workings between 1735 and 1740 (BWVA 80).
Nov 26, 2017 · Published: November 26, 2017 2:09pm EST. Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Solo Cello Suites are some of the most iconic classical music works. They have inspired not only cellists and...
Jul 16, 2023 · He was principally responsible for music at the St. Thomas Church, but also oversaw music at the city’s other three churches. As music director, Bach produced instrumental and vocal compositions for use in the church, hired musicians, ran rehearsals, and played the organ.
