Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 31, 1685 and lived until July 28, 1750. He was regarded as a famous German composer and organist with sacred and secular works for orchestra, choir and solo instruments that brought the Baroque period to its ultimate level of maturity. He did not introduce any new forms, but he did enrich the German style of music using a contrapuntal technique. Johann Sebastian Bach produced many works that were revered for their technical command, their intellectual depth and their artistic beauty. Some of his most known works include -
- The Brandenburg concertos
- The Goldberg Variations
- The English Suites
- French Suites
- Partitas
- Well-Tempered Clavier
- The Mass in B Minor
- The St. Matthew Passion
- The St. John Passion
- The Magnificat
- The Musical Offering
- The Art of Fugue
- The Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo
- The Cello Suites
- More than 200 surviving cantatas
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
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Johann Sebastian Bach received most of his fame as an organist during his lifetime, but while he was alive he was not particularly well known or well regarded as a composer. He gained his notoriety as a composer after his death because his adherence to Baroque forms of music as well as contrapuntal style were considered old fashioned until later in his career and after his death. In the early 19th century interest in his music and performances of his music were revived, and now he is often regarded as one of the greatest composers in all of Western music tradition.
His health fell into decline around 1749. Planning for his decease, as of June 2 of 1749 his musical director Gottlob Harrer began to audition someone to succeed him. He died on July 28, 1750 at the age of 65, and his death was originally attributed to the unhappy consequences of the very unsuccessful eye operation according to a contemporary newspaper at the time. Some modern historians have instead speculated that a stroke complicated by the onset of pneumonia was the real cause of his death, but the truth is still not known to this day. His estate, upon his death, included numerous musical instruments, including cellos, violas, violins, harpsichords, clevecins, lutes, viola da gambas, lute-harpsichords and spinets.
During his life and musical career, Johann Sebastian Bach composed more than 1,000 different works, most of which are still intensely popular today. His music is common for students learning to play many acoustic instruments including piano, stringed instruments like the viola and violin and numerous other instruments as well. His music is also common among composers and in orchestral selections. Although regarded more for his organist career during his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach is now better known for his compositions, as a revival of his music in the early half of the 19th century brought renewed interest to his repertoire of music which spans more than 1,000 different acoustic musical pieces.
Originally posted 2008-12-16 05:02:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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