Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist,
harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and
secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo
instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque
period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.
Although he did not introduce new forms, he enriched
the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal
technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and
motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms,
forms and textures from abroad, p...(+)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist,
harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and
secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo
instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque
period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.
Although he did not introduce new forms, he enriched
the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal
technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and
motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms,
forms and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy
and France.
The Suites and suite movements (BWV 832–845) are a
miscellaneous collections of suites (partitas) and
miscellaneous movements of authentic and spurious
works.
The Courante in G Major (BWV 840) is taken from the
Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: 'Klavierbüchlein
für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach' (1720) and was later
determined to be the work of Georg Phillipp Telemann
(TWV 32:13).
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