... Hamburg every so often to hear the great organist Johann Adam Reinken. He was also exposed, in Luneburg, to a famous ensemble funded by the Duke of Celle that was comprised of mostly Frenchmen. This was an early form of Bach's exposure to French musical style, and provided him a very authentic ... works; primarily consisting of organ pieces for himself to play, and some sacred concertos. (Seaton 230-232) Bach returned to the court of the duke of Weimar, this time as an organist. In 1714, he was made Konzertmeister, and was in charge of all instrumental court performances. The Weimer .....

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... was required to perform a vast range of music, which affected Bach's own musical style. It is unknown when Bach left Luneburg, but he was next recorded at the Duke's court in Weimar. The Duke of Weimar loved Bach's organ music and as a result the majority of Bach's organ music was written in Weimar (Wolff). Bach also had many students while in Weimar ... ...

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... , he went to Mulhausen as an organist in the Church of Saint Blasius. The next year, he went back to Weimar as an organist and violinist at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst and stayed there for the next nine years, becoming concertmaster of the court orchestra in 1714. In Weimar he composed about 30 cantatas, and also wrote organ and ... ...

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... who had been very well known for many generations for their musical talent, a family of over fifty-three musicians. Sebastian's father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was the court trumpeter for the Duke of Eisenach and the director of the musicians of the town of Eisenach. Ambrosius Bach was considered a masterful violinist who taught his son Sebastian the basic skills for string play ... ...

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... of Bayreuth. He also again married, gaining citizenship through it also. While at Eisenach in 1716 he was honored with an appointment as a visiting Kapellmeister. His increasing stature came when Duke Ernst of Gotha invited him to become Kapellmeister of all his various courts. Georg gained the coveted post of Kantor of the Hamburg Johanneum when it became vacant. This post ... ...

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... of the Baroque era. The drama in their music, the contrasts between soft and strong, chorus and solo, voices and instruments, are all typical of the Baroque style.? In 1708, Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimer appointed Bach as the court organist and chamber musician. Bach did most of his composing while he was at Weimer. In 1717, Bach was appointed ... ...

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... , orchestral dance suites, trio sonatas for various instruments, and concertos for various instruments and orchestra. The most famous of these are the six concerti gross that Bach composed for the Duke of Brandenburg in 1721. Maria Barbara died suddenly in 1720, and Bach married Anna Magdalena Bach. The couple had thirteen children together. In fact, of the twenty children that Bach ... ...

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