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Did Bach influence jazz?
He’s part of the Western cannon. He basically influenced everything that came after him in the West. In jazz, the most direct influence would be on someone like the pianist John Lewis. All jazz pianists learn about voice leading and polyphony and Bach was obviously one of the main contributors to its development.
Was Bach a jazz musician?
My favorite is Johann Sebastian Bach — he was really the first jazz player, with his inventions and what he did for the keyboard in the 1600s and 1700s.
Was Bach appreciated in his time?
Bach’s abilities as an organist were respected throughout Europe during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized as a great composer until a revival of interest and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.
Why does Bach sound so good in the present?
I guess Bach makes so much sense in the present because he combines rigorous formal logic with the spirit of an improviser. I can’t think of a better way to describe the rest of the music I like listening to. I can remember taking music appreciation in high school and my favorite composers were the great Romantics.
Why is Bach considered the father of classical music?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a prolific German composer who in many ways is the father of Western classical music. He was a genius at counterpoint, which means lines of melodies that wind together, creating melody and harmony at the same time.
What makes Bach’s music high art?
Unlike his contemporaries, Bach’s work has been held up as an almost therapeutic example of high art. Piano and keyboard students pore over his works, obsessively noodling their way through his reams and reams of perfectly constructed exercises and studies. His religious compositions can, given the right performance,…
Was Bach the most important composer of the Baroque era?
Vivaldi and Corelli were amazing composers and they began to compose very important music years before Bach. Even Beethoven said that Handel was the best composer of the baroque era. JS Bach might have been the most important keyboard (not piano) composer.