Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben from BWV 11
Ach, es bleibt in meiner Liebe from BWV11
Christen muessen auf Erden from BWV 44
Jesus macht mich geistlich reich from BWV 75
Ich will doch wohl Rosen brechen from BWV 86
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan from BWV 100
Kein Arzt ist ausser dir zu finden from BWV 103
Ach Herr ! was ist ein Menschenkind from BWV 110
Ach, unaussprechlich ist die Not from BWV 116
Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott from BWV 129
Christi Glieder, ach, bedenket from BWV 132
Es kommt ein Tag, so das Verborgne richtet from BWV 136
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period, born on March 31, 1685 (O.S. March 21), in Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies (now Germany). He passed away on July 28, 1750, in Leipzig.
Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest and most prolific composers of all time and is celebrated as the creator of the Brandenburg Concertos, The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B Minor, the St John and St Matthew Passions, the Christmas Oratorio and more than 300 cantatas (although only around 200 are extant. He numerous other masterpieces of church and instrumental music.
Bach’s abilities as an organist were highly respected throughout his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized as a great composer until after his death. Today, he is considered to be the master of fugue, the inventor of the solo keyboard concerto, and the greatest composer of the Baroque era.
His compositions include a wide variety of music such as orchestral music (e.g., the Brandenburg Concertos), solo instrumental works (e.g., the Cello Suites and Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin), keyboard works (e.g., the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier), organ works (e.g., the Schübler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor), and choral works (e.g., the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B Minor).
Bach came from a highly musical family and was the last child of a city musician, Johann Ambrosius. After being orphaned at the age of 10, he lived with his eldest brother, Johann Christoph, and continued his musical education in Lüneburg. His career included working as a musician for Protestant churches in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen and at courts in Weimar and Köthen before becoming Thomaskantor (cantor at St. Thomas’s) in Leipzig.
In Leipzig, he composed music for the principal Lutheran churches of the city and for its university’s student ensemble Collegium Musicum. Despite difficult relations with his employer, Bach’s music flourished, and he enriched established German styles through his mastery of counterpoint, harmonic, and motivic organization, and his adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France.
Bach’s legacy is immense, having enriched the German musical tradition and set a precedent in composition that would influence subsequent generations of composers.
In the vocal œuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach, the arias and duets scored for obbligato instruments constitute a dazzling varied repertoire. Treated on an equal…
In the vocal œuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach, the arias and duets scored for obbligato instruments constitute a dazzling varied repertoire. Treated on an equal footing with the vocal part, the instrumental parts assume solo duties in many pieces. The most demanding solo passages composed for these instruments in the 18th century are occasionally hidden in Bach’s arias..
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