YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Musical Analysis of A Mighty Fortress is our God by Johann Sebastian Bach
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In five pages this research paper analyzes this hymn in terms of its Baroque style and uniquely Lutheran influential characteristi...
Both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach are cited among the giants of Classical and Baroque music. This paper exami...
Bach considered music to be "a harmonious euphony to the Glory of God" (Machlis, 1970,p. 288). His primary instrument was the org...
In seven pages the lives and musical styles of Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach are contrasted and compared. Five s...
work of "mystic" poet-composer Philip Nicolai (1556-1608), who composed both the words and music of the hymn of that name (Machlis...
the creation of a contrapuntal web. Schulenberg (1992) states that the term "ricercar" can also refer to a type of improvised pre...
J.S. Bach, such as pulsating basses and galant-sounding melodic lines (Baxendale, 2001). This has caused one critic to assert that...
his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...
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...
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...
of Johann Sebastian Bach clearly represent the elements of inert expression while, at the same time, project a distinct sense of p...
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...
period saw one of the most important changes in all of music history-the "transition from the medieval church modes to major-minor...
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...
The rest of the musical score -- "Pray I Make P.A.," "Hard Work," "I Want to Make Magic," "Dance Class," "Tyrones Rap," "There She...
This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...
mans attention. After running in fear from Jezebel, the Lord attracted Elijahs attention by using an earthquake. (1 Kings 19:11,...
examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...
Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...
theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...
but always something that is made in a four-party meaning-situation. An author... circulates a text... to an audience... whose pe...
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...
In five pages this paper examines the life and musical genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....
In four pages this paper reviews this musical performance in terms of structure with staging improvement suggestions offered....