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of Johann Sebastian Bach clearly represent the elements of inert expression while, at the same time, project a distinct sense of p...
work of "mystic" poet-composer Philip Nicolai (1556-1608), who composed both the words and music of the hymn of that name (Machlis...
endeavors, the first of which involved the organ (Baroque Music [1], 2006). He met Georg B?hm who was an organist, and also a stud...
Bach considered music to be "a harmonious euphony to the Glory of God" (Machlis, 1970,p. 288). His primary instrument was the org...
Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach are cited among the giants of Classical and Baroque music. This paper exami...
for the era in which Bach had produced these variations (Smith, 1996). The Advent melody is represented in four canonic statement...
his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...
the strings.6 The tangents were inserted into the key levers at the lower end, and the top end was flattened for contact with the...
J.S. Bach, such as pulsating basses and galant-sounding melodic lines (Baxendale, 2001). This has caused one critic to assert that...
(Machlis 242). A form of counterpoint is music that has a homophonic texture. This is when a single melody line accompanied by c...
In seven pages the lives and musical styles of Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach are contrasted and compared. Five s...
middle movement that generally has a fugal texture, is a typical beginning for this form (16). The dance forms that follow are no...
In five pages this research paper analyzes this hymn in terms of its Baroque style and uniquely Lutheran influential characteristi...
the creation of a contrapuntal web. Schulenberg (1992) states that the term "ricercar" can also refer to a type of improvised pre...
period saw one of the most important changes in all of music history-the "transition from the medieval church modes to major-minor...
through the performance of ecclesiastic music because of their contributions within that context. Johann Sebastian Bach pro...
of Josquin in the manner in which one pair of voices appears to be pitted against another (Machlis 259). Claudio Monteverdis mus...
mans attention. After running in fear from Jezebel, the Lord attracted Elijahs attention by using an earthquake. (1 Kings 19:11,...
grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...
book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...
a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...
fugue (Machlis 295). However, as Malcolm Boyd points out, the Allegro assai "belongs" primarily to the trumpet (77). The main them...
demonstrated in collection of pieces, "The Well-Tempered Clavier." With this discovery, the stage was set for Baroque music to flo...
used two themes, which were contrasted by the composer within a homophonic texture. In other words, the fugue depended on theme ...
2001). The final movement, which is similar to Symphony K. 338, consists of "lazy gallops" set to a fast-paced tempo, which, again...
sense of awe and wonder at the complex beauty of the music. The classical music of Beethoven blends the varied textures of the o...
2, 1714 (Whittaker 146). After examining the scriptural reading for this Sunday lesson, the first question that comes to mind is w...
decades" than it does with the "Vivaldian string concertos" that were the contemporary trend when Bach penned his dedication to th...
When Berry was a junior in high school he dropped out so that he could be a boxer, once fighting on the same...
both my way of being in the world and my sense of educational necessity. This strength developed because of the influence of some...