J.S. Bach One of the greatest musicians in the Baroque period, Bach was born in the town of Eisenach, Germany. Bach came from a very musically talented family, almost all of its members with churches or town ... Haydn and Mozart. The middle pierod consists of strong dynamic contrasts, explosive accents, and longer movements, all the styles of the early 19th century. In the 3rd period, Beethoven used more chromatic harmonies and developed a skeletal language with its fancy, nonessentials pealed away, leaving the simplicity behind. Beethoven was the supreme architect of music; ... singers. Th...

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... "natural" - free of needless technical complications and capable of immediately pleasing any sensitive listener. For some time the modern and old-fashioned styles co-existed alongside each other and the period of complete transition was slow. For example C.P.E Bach was writing music in the Empfindsamkeit style, while his father at the same time was writing his B-Minor mass. Classical composers criticised ... used more specifically to refer to mid-eighteenth century works whose melody, harmony, and texture represent a simplification of those of the preceding late Baroque Period" Of Bach'...

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... , some ranging in size from 32' to 1', including "foundations, mixtures, mutations, flutes and reeds- and a complete pedal division. These large, multi-faceted organs would be the precursors to the influential Baroque organs of J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Scheidemann and others; these organs also influenced builders in northern Holland. (Randel 585-586) While initially Flemish in design and influence, a new school of organ design ... , would become the inspiration for composers such as Widor, Franck, Guilmant and Saint-Saëns. (Randel 586) English organs of this time period suffered greatly. Wh...

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