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Bach considered music to be "a harmonious euphony to the Glory of God" (Machlis, 1970,p. 288). His primary instrument was the org...
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...
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...
of Johann Sebastian Bach clearly represent the elements of inert expression while, at the same time, project a distinct sense of p...
Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach are cited among the giants of Classical and Baroque music. This paper exami...
In seven pages the lives and musical styles of Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach are contrasted and compared. Five s...
his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...
J.S. Bach, such as pulsating basses and galant-sounding melodic lines (Baxendale, 2001). This has caused one critic to assert that...
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...
(Machlis 242). A form of counterpoint is music that has a homophonic texture. This is when a single melody line accompanied by c...
for the era in which Bach had produced these variations (Smith, 1996). The Advent melody is represented in four canonic statement...
middle movement that generally has a fugal texture, is a typical beginning for this form (16). The dance forms that follow are no...
demonstrated in collection of pieces, "The Well-Tempered Clavier." With this discovery, the stage was set for Baroque music to flo...
2, 1714 (Whittaker 146). After examining the scriptural reading for this Sunday lesson, the first question that comes to mind is w...
sense of awe and wonder at the complex beauty of the music. The classical music of Beethoven blends the varied textures of the o...
In five pages this paper examines the life and musical genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....
period saw one of the most important changes in all of music history-the "transition from the medieval church modes to major-minor...
The rest of the musical score -- "Pray I Make P.A.," "Hard Work," "I Want to Make Magic," "Dance Class," "Tyrones Rap," "There She...
In five pages this paper discusses George Stubbs' artistry in a consideration of his paintings' composition and line uses....
is often "misunderstood, under-appreciated and underestimated. If jazz is the underdog, avant-garde jazz is beneath the underdog"...
In five pages this research paper presents an appreciation of jazz violin virtuoso Noel Pointer whose premature death at age 39 di...
Miles Davis, and many of the works which came from those periods are still considered classics today (Biography of Miles Davis, 20...
mans attention. After running in fear from Jezebel, the Lord attracted Elijahs attention by using an earthquake. (1 Kings 19:11,...
noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...
fugue (Machlis 295). However, as Malcolm Boyd points out, the Allegro assai "belongs" primarily to the trumpet (77). The main them...
used two themes, which were contrasted by the composer within a homophonic texture. In other words, the fugue depended on theme ...
decades" than it does with the "Vivaldian string concertos" that were the contemporary trend when Bach penned his dedication to th...
but always something that is made in a four-party meaning-situation. An author... circulates a text... to an audience... whose pe...