Piano was popularized in China after the May Fourth Movement. Nowadays high art is embracing more and more people in China. In the way of learning, learners may have accessed to piles of outstanding pianist, including Bach and Handel from the Baroque period; Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven from the classical period; and Chopin and Liszt from the Romantic period. Since their eras and backgrounds differ and so do their styles, it create a possibility for learners to tell the corresponding composer easily. In all of them, the great musician Bach in Baroque definitely worth looking into for his unique music characteristics
Bachrsquo;s life and his devotions to music
31 March 1685- on the day with a perfect setting of both music and religion, Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach, into a great musical family. His father and uncles were all professional musicians, which exposed him a natural musical environment. Bach himself was more of hardworking than of talented, and finally became a respectable organist during his lifetime and a great composer after his death. He created a brand new German style using a combination of rhythms, forms and textures, especially from different music from Italy and France. The features of D major Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier II, B flat major Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier I, the cantata “Ein feste Burge ist unser Gott”, St. Matthew Passion, Clavieruuml;bung III, and” Musical Offering” will demonstrate his genius. Bach was described as the “forever master composer” and the 'original father of harmony'.1
Bach-style
Bach was somewhat a quiet people. He came to the world quietly and so did he leave. Through his whole life, poverty and disease constrained him, and wealth was never in his dictionary. However, he hasnrsquo;t abandoned music for this sake. In fact, he was encouraged to pursue music further because of his harmonious marriage. In the aspect of musical style, he was not actually create a new one but “developed an eclectic, energetic musical style in which foreign influences were injected into an intensified version of the pre-existing German musical language”.2 He also combined harmony and highly-developed counterpoint to present an elaborate structure and a virtuoso performance. According to Learn bach123:
Bach tends to exhaust all available possibilities within the piece. For example, D major Fugue from WTC II and Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit Clavieruuml;bung III show that he used all available pitches of the scale for the beginning of the subject, time and pitch intervals, and form of the subject. If one particular possibility was unavailable, he would modify the subject in order to imply that one entrance of the subject. In addition, as is evident from the Fugue in D major and Kyrie, Gott Vater, he draws a piece from a short idea from which everything is constructed. Bach used his musical ideas so economically, that it seems at times there is hardly any other motive besides the theme and countersubject.
In case of D major and B flat major preludes and fugues from WTC, Bach seems to be very much concerned with the relationship between the pieces. Very often prelude foreshadows the fugue by having initial notes of the fugue subject. In addition, Bachrsquo;s interest in polyphonic devices (double invertible counterpoint) can be seen in the Fugue in B flat major from WTC I.3
The Baroque period was full of contradictions. On the one hand, rising religious fanaticism wakened the Gothic before the Renaissance, which presented an unbalanced rhythm in music. On the other hand, a sense of order was also being pursued. The combination of dynamic and order was actually the essence of Baroque, or in another saying, romanticism coated with rhythms. Bach absorbed the quintessence of Baroque and influenced the classic music profoundly. During the Baroque period, musicians were encouraged to present feelings through an implicit emotion, thus Bachrsquo;s music glowed with bright radiance at that time. His works focused on the peoplersquo;s life, both logical and philosophical, stood the test of time. Apart from the malcontents with reality, he also expressed a pursuit of the happiness. In that Bach owned a strong belief in humanity and a consistent wish for the better future, we can experience a kind of positive feeling from his music. Like, St. John passsion, which was composed comparatively in the earlier years of Bach, was full of intense emotions and passions. As a young man, Bach himself was rather sensitive to the change of emotions and life, so we can see he shifted his inner passions onto the public in this music.
Bachrsquo;s works caught a lot of attentions and appreciations in that stage, which also stood for his most productive period. For example, the Brandenburg concertos, the Goldberg Variations, and the Well-Tempered Clavier were all unveiled. The famous “Chromatic Fantasia amp; Fuge” serves as a piano composition more often today. Itrsquo;s full of colorful fantasies and has a surprising combination of emotions and plays with only a single instrument.
Baroque-music style
During the fight between absolute monarchy and the rising bourgeoisie, the Baroque art came out. This kind of art is known for its innovative performance, creativity and the strength for confrontation. When listening to the music of the Baroque, you can feel a sensible passion plus abundant energy. One of the most creations in the Baroque was contrast, which could be found on different levels, like noise vs gentle, high vs low and fast vs slow. The method of contrast played an irreplaceable role in the new Baroque music.
The Baroque music has a power of dynamism and romanticism. As a great representative of the Baroque, Bach blessed his music with beautiful tunes and exaggerating scenes. The composition is strictly formed with a clear theme and smooth rhythms, and itrsquo;s worth mentioning that the codetta is usually wea
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