1. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685 ~ 1750)

2. Types of Music Compositions TypeDescriptions SonatasA composition for 1 or 2 instruments ConcertosA composition featuring one or more principal instruments with orchestra accompaniment FuguesA type of music where the theme is repeated by each instrument MinuetsSlow, stately dance music written in 3:4 time Chamber Music Written for performance in a small room using only a few instruments Cantatascompositions usually featuring sacred (religious) text and sung by one voice, accompanied by a chorus or instruments massesreligious music …

3. Johan Sebastian Bach Some interesting facts: He was one of the greatest composers of classical music ever!greatest composersclassical music He was the greatest composer of Baroque music.Baroque Many of his family were also very good composers, such as his uncle and several of his sons (for example, C.P.E. Bach). In fact, you could say that the Bach family is the greatest musical family the world has ever known!C.P.E. Bach He wrote over 1000 pieces of music! Much of his music was written for the church. Much of his music was written to teach people how to play an instrument, especially harpsichord or organ. He was thrown into prison by his boss (the Duke in Wiemer) for accepting another job with better pay! His music is so amazing that much of it can be played in many different ways and still sound right! For example, much of Bach’s music sounds right whether you play it fast or slow, or loud or quiet! Much of his music has been lost :-(. But every so often, someone finds a new piece by Bach! His music was mostly forgotten about soon after he died. It was Mendelssohn who brought Bach’s music to everybody’s attention. And people have liked it ever since!Mendelssohn He never wrote a piece for piano

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5. Harpischord

6. Organ

7. From Clavichord to Modern Piano

8. Jan van Eyck 1390 - 1441 The Arnolfini Portrait

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13. Fantasía: Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”