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Johann Sebastian Bach The Learned Musicians, Johann Sebastian Bach The Learned Musician, or Johann Sebastian Bach The Learned Musicianship ?
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Bach
Bach , German family of distinguished musicians who flourished from the 16th through the 18th cent., its most renowned member being Johann Sebastian Bach (see separate article). Johannes or Hans Bach, c.1550-1626, was a Thuringian carpetweaver and a musical performer at festivals. His sons and... Read more |
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach , 1685-1750, German composer and organist, b. Eisenach; one of the greatest and most influential composers of the Western world. He brought polyphonic baroque music to its culmination, creating masterful and vigorous works in almost every musical form known in his period. Life... Read more |
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Rosalyn Tureck
Rosalyn Tureck Pianist While classical pianist Rosalyn Tureck has often called "The High Priestess of Bach," the title, richly earned through her lifetime devotion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, may be somewhat misleading. To the public, a musician whose career is... Read more |
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Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel , 1653-1706, German organist and composer, b. Nuremberg. He held a number of posts as an organist in German churches, returning to his birthplace in 1695, where he became the organist at St. Sebald's Church. As a composer he is best known for his chorale preludes and variations, and... Read more |
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Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian fl. 3d cent.?, Roman martyr. Little is known of his life. According to tradition he was an officer of the Praetorian guards much favored by Emperor Diocletian, who did not know that Sebastian was a Christian. When the emperor learned of it, he ordered Sebastian killed by archers.... Read more |
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Sebastian Faulks
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Johann Christian Bach
Johann Christian Bach , 1735-82, German musician and composer; son of J. S. Bach. He went to Italy in 1754, became a Roman Catholic, and composed church music and operas. In 1760 he became organist of the Milan Cathedral. Two years later he went to England, where he became music master to the royal... Read more |
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Johann Kuhnau
Kuhnau, Johann [ Johann Kuhn] (b Geising, Bohemia, 1660; d Leipzig, 1722). Bohemian composer and lawyer. Org., St Thomas's, Leipzig, from 1684, cantor 1701. Bach's immediate predecessor at Leipzig. Wrote ably for clavichord and hpd., composing exercises which he called Klavierübung, a term... Read more |
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Eisenach
Eisenach , city (1994 pop. 42,580), Thuringia, central Germany. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Industries include tourism, the manufacture of machinery, metal and wood products, chemicals, and electrical goods. The well-known Wartburg automobile factory was forced to close in 1991 due... Read more |
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley
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