Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific authorship of music across a variety of instruments and forms, including orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the ''Goldberg Variations'' and ''The Well-Tempered Clavier''; organ works such as the ''Schubler Chorales'' and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and choral works such as the ''St Matthew Passion'' and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician, Johann Ambrosius, in Eisenach. After being orphaned at the age of 10, he lived for five years with his eldest brother Johann Christoph, after which he continued his musical education in Lüneburg. From 1703 he was back in Thuringia, working as a musician for Protestant churches in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen and, for longer periods, at courts in Weimar, where he expanded his organ repertory, and Köthen, where he was mostly engaged with chamber music. From 1723, he was employed as Thomaskantor (cantor at St Thomas's) in Leipzig. There, he composed music for the principal Lutheran churches of the city and its university's student ensemble Collegium Musicum. From 1726, he published some of his keyboard and organ music. In Leipzig, as had happened during some of his earlier positions, he had difficult relations with his employer. This situation was little remedied when his sovereign, Augustus III of Poland, granted him the title of court composer in 1736. In the last decades of his life, he reworked and extended many of his earlier compositions. He died of complications after a botched eye surgery in 1750 at the age of 65.
Bach enriched established German styles through his mastery of counterpoint, harmonic, and motivic organisation, and his adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include hundreds of cantatas, both sacred and secular. He composed Latin church music, Passions, oratorios, and motets. He often adopted Lutheran hymns, not only in his larger vocal works but, for instance, also in his four-part chorales and his sacred songs. He wrote extensively for organ and for other keyboard instruments. He composed concertos, for instance for violin and for harpsichord, and suites, as chamber music as well as for orchestra. Many of his works employ contrapuntal techniques like canon and fugue.
Throughout the 18th century, Bach was primarily valued as an organist, while his keyboard music, such as ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', was appreciated for its didactic qualities. The 19th century saw the publication of some significant Bach biographies, and by the end of that century, all of his known music had been printed. Dissemination of scholarship on the composer continued through periodicals (and later also websites) exclusively devoted to him and other publications such as the ''Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis'' (BWV, a numbered catalogue of his works) and new critical editions of his compositions. His music was further popularised through a multitude of arrangements, including the ''Air on the G String'' and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", and of recordings, such as three different box sets with complete performances of the composer's oeuvre marking the 250th anniversary of his death. Provided by Wikipedia
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Cantata : Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen = Weeping, crying, sorrowing, sighing (Dominica jubilate) : for 3 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra = für 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Ka... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus) : für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerchor, BWV 106 = God's time is the best : for 4 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott (Reformationsfest) : für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester, BWV 80 = A stronghold sure is God our Lord (Feast of the Reformation) : f... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (Feria 2 Paschatos) : für 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester, BWV 6 = Bide with us for now is night approaching : for 3 solo... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen : für Bass, Chor und Kammerorchester, BWV 56 (Dominica 19 post Trinitatis) = I will my cross-staff gladly carry : for bass, chorus and... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata no. 140 : Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme = Sleepers, wake (Domenica 27 post Trinitatis) : for 3 solo voices, chorus and orchestra = für 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester :... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Christ lag in Todesbanden = Christ lay by death enshrouded : for 4 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra = für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester : BWV 4 / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Jesu, der du meine Seele : für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester (Dominica 14 post Trinitatis), BWV 78 = Jesus, by thy cross and passion : for 4 solo voices, chorus... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Du Hirte Israel, höre : für 2 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester, BWV 104 = Thou shepherd bountiful : for 2 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Himmelskönig, sei willkommen = King of heaven, ever welcome (Dominica Palmarum) : for 3 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra = für 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorch... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht : "Kaffee Kantate" : für 3 Solostimmen und Kammerorchester = Be silent, not a word : "Coffee cantata" : for 3 solo voices and chamber orch... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Dominica 1 post Epiphanias) : für 2 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester, BWV 32 = Dearest Jesus, sore I need thee : for 2 solo voices, ch... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata no. 7 : Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam = To Jordan's stream came Christ, our Lord / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot = Deal the hungry ones the bread : (Dominica 1 post Trinitatis) : for 3 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra = für 3 Solostimmen, Chor... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Cantata : Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem = Come ye, our way is up to Jerusalem : for 4 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra = für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester... by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Sei Lob und Ehr' dem höchsten Gott : für 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester = All glory to the lord of lords : for 3 solo voices, chorus and chamber orchestra : BWV 117 / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Musicalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 = Musical offering / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Brandenburg concerto no. 3, G major, BWV 1048 = G-Dur = Sol majeur / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Brandenburg concerto no. 4, G major, BWV 1049 = G-Dur = Sol majeur / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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Overture (suite) no. 4, D major, BWV 1069 = D-Dur = ré majeur / by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
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