1. The Keyboard Suites of Handel and Bach
... Afterward, he began to write his own works in Italian style, including cantatas and trio sonatas for the organ.(Seaton 231) In 1717, Bach left Weimar and began service of the prince in the city of Cothen. Prince Leopold was was a Calvinist with a great interest in music. As a result ... , Bach's duties kept him within the secular realm, rather than the sacred to which he was accustomed. Bach wrote much of his instrumental chamber and ... orchestral music during this time, including his Brandenburg Concertos and ... placed under the tutelage of the church organist, Friedrich Wilhelm Zacha...
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