Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Germany as the youngest child of a church organist father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)‚ and a mother‚ Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt (1644-1694) and into a great musical family‚ stretching back seven generations. Bach’s family was devoutly Lutheran. Bach learned violin and music theory from his father and organ from Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721). In 1692‚ when Bach was seven years old‚ he attended Lateinschule in Eisenach and studied religion‚ Latin
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How Music Affects Us and Promotes Health Music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefits not only for learning language‚ improving memory and focusing attention‚ but also for physical coordination and development. Of course‚ music can be distracting if it’s too loud or too jarring‚ or if it competes for our attention with what we’re trying to do. But for the most part‚ exposure to many kinds of music has beneficial
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An instrument is a tool of music. Just like all tools it allows us to assemble pieces‚ in the case of music it allows us to build song. Some instruments can be very subtle and soft and quite melodic such as a woodwind‚ where as there are also instruments that are very powerful‚ such as a trumpet and become the heart of a song or symphony. But I believe there is only one instrument that can be both subtle and also be powerful. Belonging the family of chordophones‚ the guitar‚ is my personal preference
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English Suites No. 2 in A minor‚ BWV 807 J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourrée I‚ Bourrée II Gigue Polonaise No. 1‚ S. 223/1 Mephisto Waltz No. 1‚ S. 514 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Romeo and Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano‚ Op. 75 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 1. Folk Dance 2. Scene: The Street Awakens 3. Minuet: Arrival of the Guests 4. Young Juliet 5. Masks 6. Montagues and Capulet 7. Father
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What is the first thing listeners pay attention to when listening to a good song? The instrumental and how it shows the rhythm and base of the composition’s flow? The voice and how it shows the feeling and how it captivates people with the harmony? The lyrics and how it carries the melody while painting a picture? However‚ does the artist get the most attention as they display their simple characteristics‚ such being their impact‚ gender‚ race‚ or age? Listeners have been swayed to like artists
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After watching the film Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)‚ I was curious about the painting that this film was inspired. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer is one of my favorite works of art because it arouses a lot of emotions in me: curious‚ amazed‚ and obsessed. Her eye contact and her lips are about to say something. It draws me in her gaze to guess what she wants to say. Because of its huge impression on me‚ I decide to choose this artwork as the topic for my Photo Self Portrait Paper
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was one of the major composers during the Baroque period. He was Italian‚ born in Venice. He is recognized as one of the most influential composers of the time‚ and his influence was widespread across Europe. Throughout his childhood he had health problems related to breathing. This kept him from playing wind instruments‚ however he learned how to play the violin. As a result of this‚ most of his compositions were made for string instruments. At the age of 15‚ Vivaldi
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A Schenkerian Analysis of “Preludio” from Bach’s Unaccompanied Violin Partita No. 3 “A single creative genius lies behind all of Bach’s music in all genres…his work exhibits a stylistic uniformity that transcends the differences between all the genres in which he composed…In short‚ Bach’s music in all the genres sounds like it is by Bach.” – Joel Lester Very few theorists touch upon the topic of motivic and structural coherence in Bach’s dance suites. The keyboard and lute suites deservedly have
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Chapter 1: Musical Styles * Glissando * Rapid slide up or down a scale * Tone Cluster * Chord made up of tones only a half step or a whole step apart‚ used in twentieth-century music. * Bitonality * Approach to pitch organization using two keys at one time‚ often found in twentieth century music. * Polychord * Combination of two chords sounded at the same tine‚ used in twentieth century music. * Polytonality * Approach to pitch organization using two or
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Lawrence in his book Culture and Values A Survey of the Humanities‚ talked about the Baroque period "Throughout the seventeenth century; philosophy - like the visual arts - continued to extend and intensify ideas first developed in the Renaissance by pushing them to new extremes. With the spread of humanism the sixteenth century had seen a growing spirit of philosophical and scientific inquiry"(402). In fact‚ with the appearance of many talented philosophers and scientists like Galileo and Descartes
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