What type of music does Johann S Bach compose?

Answer 1

Bach wrote during the period called the Baroque. Bach was writing at the end of this period, and even during his lifetime tastes were shifting to what would be called the Rococo. His music is extremely varied and some consider him to be the greatest composer of all time. He wrote music for several solo instruments including cello, organ, harpsichord and clavichord. The Well Tempered Clavichord and The Goldberg Variations are two of the better known of several collections of brilliant keyboard music. He wrote a large amount of church music including a famous collection of cantatas. He wrote orchestral pieces and concertos including the well known Brandenberg Concertos. His contributions to and influence on organ music are immense.

Baroque music is characterized by a more cerebral and analytical approach, including the creation of rich and complex fugue structures that can contain complex and multi-layered harmonies.

Answer 2

Sacred choral music

• St John Passion (1724)
• St Matthew Passion (1727)
• Christmas Oratorio (1734)
• Mass, b (1749)
• Magnificat (1723)
• over 200 church cantatas, incl. no.80, Ein feste Burg (c1744), no.140, Wachet auf (1731)
• 7 motets, incl. Singet dem Herm (c 1727), Jesu meine Freude (?1723)
• chorales, sacred songs

Secular vocal music

• over 20 cantatas, incl. no.211, 'Coffee cantata' (c1735), no.212, 'Peasant Cantata' (1742)

Orchestral music

• Brandenburg Conc.s nos.1-6 (1721)
• 2 vn concs., a, E (1717-23), 2- vn conc., d (1723), hpd concs. (c 1738-9): 8 for 1 hpd (d, E, D, A, f, F, g, d), 3 for 2 hpd (c, C, c), 2 for 3 hpd (d, C), 1 for 4 hpd (a)
• 4 orch. suites, C, b (with fl), D, D

Chamber music

• 6 sonatas and partitas, vn (1720)
• 6 sonatas, vn, hpd (1717-23)
• 6 suites, vc (c 1720)
• Musical Offering (1747)
• 7 fl sonatas (2 unacc.)
• 3 sonatas, viola da gamba, hpd
• trio sonatas

Keyboard music

• 7 toccatas (c 1708-10)
• Chromatic fantasia and fugue, d (c 1720)
• Das wohltemperirte Clavier, '48' (1722, 1742)
• 6 English Suites (c 1722)
• 6 French Suites (c 1722)
• 15 Inventions, 15 Sinfonias (1723)
• 6 Partitas (1731)
• Italian Conc. (1735)
• French Ov. (1735)
• Goldberg Variations (c 1741)
• The Art of Fugue (c 1745-50)
• suites, fugues, capriccios, 16 concertos

Organ music

• over 150 chorale preludes
• preludes, fugues, toccatas, fantasias, sonatas. passacaglia

Answer 3

Johann Sebastian's Bach composed what is commonly referred to (historically speaking) as 'Baroque Music', which means that it was composed from about 1600-1750. Handel, along with Bach, made use of and indeed helped developed the 'type' of music that included the use of HOMOPHONY, the birth of Opera, the rise of instrumental music and the establishment of certain fixed musical forms such as the TRIO SONATA, DA CAPO ARIA, and later the RECITATIVE, CONCERTO AND SONATA. Bach wrote all of these; including hundreds of Cantatas, basically for the Lutheran Church since all of his employment involved it. However he wrote a group of secular cantatas as well. His music covers the gamut of sounds and he is certainly a 'giant' among composers. Some of his most beloved works are: B minor mass, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion. I personally put him NERO UN IN MY CD Collection also wrote many choral pieces.

Answer 4

Baroque.

Is this a music GCSE past paper?

Answer 5

Compositions for Organ, Choral and Orchestral works. Bach would compose no less than one Cantata each and every week for the church.

Answer 6

He composed mostly church music.

Answer 7

Classical Music on the piano