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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Eisenach, Germany (1685 – 1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685, Eisenach O.S. – 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, a control of harmonic and motivic organisation from the smallest to the largest scales, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France.
Revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty, Bach’s works include the 6 Brandenburg concertos; the Goldberg Variations; the English Suites, French Suites, Partitas, and Well-Tempered Clavier; the Mass in B Minor; the St Matthew Passion; the St. John Passion; The Musical Offering; The Art of Fugue; the Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo; the Cello Suites; more than 200 surviving cantatas; and a similar number of organ works, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
While Bach’s fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he was not particularly well-known as a composer. His adherence to Baroque forms and contrapuntal style was considered “old-fashioned” by his contemporaries, especially late in his career when the musical fashion tended towards Rococo and later Classical styles. A revival of interest and performances of his music began early in the 19th century, and he is now widely considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition.
Revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty, Bach’s works include the 6 Brandenburg concertos; the Goldberg Variations; the English Suites, French Suites, Partitas, and Well-Tempered Clavier; the Mass in B Minor; the St Matthew Passion; the St. John Passion; The Musical Offering; The Art of Fugue; the Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo; the Cello Suites; more than 200 surviving cantatas; and a similar number of organ works, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
While Bach’s fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he was not particularly well-known as a composer. His adherence to Baroque forms and contrapuntal style was considered “old-fashioned” by his contemporaries, especially late in his career when the musical fashion tended towards Rococo and later Classical styles. A revival of interest and performances of his music began early in the 19th century, and he is now widely considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition.
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
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Air on a G String
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Air on the G String
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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
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Allegro
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Badinerie
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Ave Maria
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Toccata in D minor
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Adagio
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Sheep May Safely Graze
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Sarabande
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Andante
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Allegro Assai
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Shoutbox
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miqmiranda wrote:
great guy!!one of greatest composers ever!
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Gorgeous-Mark wrote:
Nur Beethoven gefällt mir mehr - Sonst keiner :D
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emaskye wrote:
why didn't i get into his cantatas sooner :( i swear this guy has so much godly stuff it isn't even fair
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Masp wrote:
Meu compositor preferido!
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djggou wrote:
heavy fucking metal
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Stx257 wrote:
COME TO BRAZIL PLEASEEEEEEEEEE
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perkins_o1 wrote:
@ponecutor . you said that on beethoven's page. wasn't funny then, not funny now.
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Poncecutor wrote:
I want to see him live.
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vagueoaken wrote:
OVERWEIGHT
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vagueoaken wrote:
bach... it sounds like what people used to say to him when they saw his fat bulbous presence.
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vagueoaken wrote:
look at this fat fucking piece of shit, bach
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Gorgeous-Mark wrote:
i think lady gaga should be in the similar artists, it's the hair, man. [2] Welcher Ficker hat die ganzen Songs auf englisch getagt? oO Behindert - aber hart ...
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LoveEternity wrote:
i think lady gaga should be in the similar artists, it's the hair, man.
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Magus_Perde wrote:
I think Jethro Tull should be among the similar artists.
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perkins_o1 wrote:
@epi_gee... lol.
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zucchin wrote:
now isn't that better?
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Vithon wrote:
He's got some pretty brutal hair, there.
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heaventree22 wrote:
hideandreason: i like that a lot
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Hideandreason wrote:
When you listen to Bach your heart and mind become a single organ
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epi_gee wrote:
a lot of people getting some Air on a G-String !
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Kandidaten voor het ambt van Thomascantor in Leipzig
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