...Bach could also sing very well. Bach and his family were Lutheran and whenever they went to their church Bach would sing in the church choir. Sadly, Bach’s parents passed away within a year of each other, shortly before Bach’s tenth birthday. Once both of his parents passed away Bach had nowhere to go so his brother Johann Christoph Bach decided to adopt him. Christoph was “a church organist in Ohrdruf” (Johann Sebastian Bach). Even though Christoph is the one who gave Bach organ lessons, Bach...
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...professional musicians, whose posts included church organists, court chamber musicians, and composers. One uncle, Johann Christoph Bach(1645–93), introduced him to the organ, and an older second cousin, Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731), was a well-known composer and violinist. Bach drafted a genealogy around 1735, titled "Origin of the musical Bach family".[13] Bach's mother died in 1694, and his father died eight months later.[5] Bach, aged 10, moved in with his oldest brother, Johann Christoph Bach(1671–1721), the organist at St. Michael's Church in Ohrdruf, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.[14] There he studied, performed, and copied music, including his own brother's, despite being forbidden to do so because scores were so valuable and private and blank ledger paper of that type was costly.[15][16] He received valuable teaching from his brother, who instructed him on the clavichord. J.C. Bach exposed him to the works of great composers of the day, including South German composers such as Johann Pachelbel (under whom Johann Christoph had studied)[2] and Johann Jakob Froberger; North German composers;[3] Frenchmen, such as Jean-Baptiste Lully, Louis Marchand, Marin Marais; and the Italian clavieristGirolamo Frescobaldi. Also during this time, he was taught theology, Latin, Greek, French, and Italian at the local gymnasium.[17] At the age of 14, Bach, along with his older school friend Georg Erdmann, was awarded a choral scholarship to study at the prestigious St....
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...Michael’s School. This was a major step for him because he gained valuable experience that he will use in the future. After he graduated he continued to search for opportunities. As he searched for different opportunities he would be a musician and in other places an organist. A huge event that Bach encounter was when he was hired as a Kapellmeister in 1717. Kapellmeister is a director of music for a Prince. This experience was good for Bach because he got paid good and received private lessons to help him further his career as a composer and performer. Bach was getting better at his work and was getting more offers elsewhere. He then left in 1720 for a position in Leipzig that was better for him. In Leipzig, John worked in Thomasschule, where...
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...Johann Sebastian Bach composed numerous amounts of church cantatas in his lifetime and is known for several of them. His German background influenced many of his works as he lived in different cities throughout Germany in his lifetime. Although, he composed so many cantatas and other types of work, only fewer than a dozen were published in his lifetime as his music was regarded as old-fashioned. Many have noticed that “the dramatic and emotional force of his music, as evidenced in the Passions, was remarkable in its day and has spoken to succeeding generations with increasing power…. Bach’s music is supreme—to quote Wagner: ‘the most stupendous miracle in all music’.” Bach was born in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany on March 31, 1685. Coming from a family of musicians definitely aided him to become who he was. He studied religion, Latin, and other subjects in school starting at the young age of seven. Most of his pieces will reflect his strong North German Protestant religion, which was very...
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...greatest composers of his time. Throughout his lifetime, Bach was an outstanding organ player. Born in 1685 to musical parents, Bach was the youngest of eight children. His family was a musical family, so the young Bach was set off for a career in music from a young age. He learned to play the organ and harpsichord at an early age. His parents died when Bach was only ten years old. Fortunately enough for young Johann, he had a brother that took him in. His older brother, Johann Christoph, was able to further Bach’s musical training. While living in Luneburg, Bach obtained a position in the choir at St. Michael’s School. Bach remained in Germany his entire life, never leaving once. Throughout German, however, Bach held numerous positions during his career at churches, and in the Country’s courts. St. Boniface Church hired Bach in 1703 as the church organist. During this time, Bach took a leave of...
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...Kruezburg, Thuringia, Germany as the youngest son to pastor Michael Schultze. He was also the nephew to Christopher Praetorius. Michael attended the University of Frankfurt at a young age where he studied divinity and philosophy with his brother taking care of him. When his brother died, Michael became an organist at St. Marien Church of Frankfurt in 1587. Soon after, in the town of Luneburg, he became a Kapellmeister, which was the start of his career. In 1604, he began as the organist for the Duke of Brunswick at Wolfenbuttel. Later he was a Kappellmeister at the court and often traveled with the Duke and his court musicians. He was also the secretary for the Duke. He was appointed honorary prior of the Ringelheim Monastery near Goslar. The year before his death, Michael’s health started to decline rapidly and he was dismissed from his position as Kappellmeister because the quality of music was going down. Michael died on February 15, 1621, his 50th birthday in Wolfenbuttel, Germany and left his fortune to charity. His final resting place after his death is beneath the St. Mary’s church in Wofenbuttel, Germany. He had become famous as a composer of Church music. His first composition was in 1602-1603 while he was in his early thirties. Michael started writing some of them when Regenburg was the parliament seat for the Holy Roman Empire. Taking after his father and grandfather’s Lutheran religious believes, he wrote over 1000 songs used in the Lutheran services. Michael...
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...St. Michael’s College Basic Education Department Brgy. San Miguel, Iligan City S.Y: 2014-2015 CANDLE SWING Members: Bagamaspad, Maegan D. Cariño, Aaron Joefferson R. Cantoja, Christian Dominic G. Heolin, John Paul M. Layug, Manuel Kent M. Maminta, Alyssa Mae D. Suzon, Patrick Miguel B. Tan, Hilary Marie Vien C. Villamor, Rom Timothy Marro S. Table of Contents Acknowledgement ........................................................................................ xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. About the project ........................................................................................ 1 B. Statement of the problem ........................................................................... 2 C. Null Hypothesis ........................................................................................... 2 D. Scope and Limitation .................................................................................. 2 E. Significance of the Study ............................................................................ 3 F. Definition of Terms ....................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER II Review of Related Literature ........................................................................... 4 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY A. Materials .................................................................................................... 8 B. Procedure .......................................
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...Many Eastern Orthodox states in Eastern Europe, as well as to some degree the Muslim states of the eastern Mediterranean, preserved many features of the empire's culture and art for centuries afterward. The Byzantines claimed themselves to be Romans, their art work begun based from the Roman Empire, which was already based on the style of by ancient Greek art. This kind of art is mainly entirely all devoted to Christian art, which revolves around the church. Due to the church linking with Muslims, it is mainly dominated by mosaics and icons. Although other art work such as panel paintings created using encaustic paint. “Byzantine-era artists excelled at fresco mural painting, as well as the illustration of gospel texts and other devotional manuscripts (Byzantine Christian Art, 15 Dec). The Muslamic religion plays a huge part in Byzantine Art as already stated even to this day there are...
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...1710 PLUS YOUR SECTION (A or V) Professor Zeba Crook Title Can Be Whatever You Want 1 Identification: The type of religions tradition I chose to attend was that of Christianity. The denomination was Roman Catholic. The name of the place of worship I attended was St. Michael’s Church located at 150 Corkery Rd RR2, Carp, ON, K0A 1L0. I attended Sunday mass on February 6, 2011 at 11:00am. Building: The outside of the church is square shaped with grayish bricks all around. At the front of the church is a tower shaped entrance, with wooden doors. On both sides of the church are glass windows. In the tower there is a church bell that rang at the beginning of the mass. The inside of the church is filled with pews (roughly 20 on each side) as well as an altar in the front. The windows on the inside of the church are stained with images. There is a second floor in the church which also has pews along with a piano and guitar. At the front of the church where the altar is hangs a cross which indicates that this is a religious institution. Along with the cross, other religious symbols that are visible include statues and pictures of Jesus along with a statue of Mary. There is much art visible inside the church. Some particular examples include that of Pope Benedict, a Cardinal, as well as Jesus. These pictures do not really affect the experience. They just concretely show that we are in a religious institution. Other areas marked off within the worship space are the confessional...
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...Auld. When Douglass first meets Mrs. Auld he is amazed by how kind she is. This is the complete opposite of his previous experiences with white women. Douglass doesn’t say anything about her church or religious activities, however, he still describes her as angelic and holy and as a perfect model for a Christian woman. He says, “Her face was made of heavenly smiles, and her voice of tranquil music” (Douglass 351). which makes her immediately a follower of God and true Christianity. Douglass also states how Mrs. Auld did not judge individuals and would allow slaves to look her in the eye as though they were her equal. Upon receiving instruction from her husband Mr. Auld on how to treat slaves, it is as if the true Christianity is no longer present. As she “learns” how to treat Douglass, she turns into the devil and becomes the opposite of an angel. “That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that angelic...
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...travel with respect to the road as being far enough away to remain unseen, though close enough to remain on track to his destination. Often times slaves faced an internal struggle between their will to regain their inherent human freedom and adherence to the structure of the system to which they were accustomed. Perhaps this description of Douglass running straight to his principal captor for protection indeed conveys a feeling of what modern society would describe as “Stockholm Syndrome.” In any event, Douglass arrives at his captor's place of business and is denied his request for sanctuary as the “rent” would need to be refunded to Mr. Covey if he did not fulfill the term of his contract. Douglass is allowed to stay one night in the St. Michael's Church before returning to Mr. Covey the next morning. As Douglass approached Mr. Covey's fields he was greeted with a whip, though managed to narrowly escape. In the process, he met with a slave who had offered him a root that would somehow spare him from being whipped if he carried it on the right side of his body at all times. After returning to Mr. Covey Douglass was not whipped, though the narrative notes it was Sunday which is a holy day to Christians, and presuming Mr. Covey was a Christian as a majority of landowners were at the time he did not seek out to whip Douglass on that day. On Monday morning this attitude, of course, completely changed – Mr. Covey did seek out to whip Douglass. Faced with the failure of his faith in the...
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...4/12/2018 This paper will first discuss the life, musical style and legacy of the great Johann Sebastian Bach then that of Antonín Leopold Dvořák. Finally, stylistic comparisons will be made between the two. Johann Sebatian Bach Born March 31st, 1685, into a religious musical family, Bach was fortunate enough to have the affluence and early exposure to build a solid foundation, but it was his own talent and dedication that made him the Baroque Collosus that he is. Following the death of his parents, Bach was taken in by his brother, an organist at St. Michael’s Church who exposed him to the clavichord and the works of great German composers like Pachabel. Soon, Bach began receiving a Lutheran education at Lundeburg’s famous religious school where Bach developed a strong faith that greatly influenced his later works....
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...The Start of The Knights of Malta up to British control of Malta The most important of all the military orders both for the extent of its area and for its duration; it is said to have existed before the Crusades and is not extinct at the present time. During this long career it has not always borne the same name. Known as Hospitallers of Jerusalem until 1309, the members were called Knights of Rhodes from 1309 till 1522, and have been called Knights of Malta since 1530. Knights of St. John on 23 March 1530, the islands passed under the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, a chivalrous religious order initiated in 1099 and officially founded in Jerusalem in 1113. According to the chronicles, merchants from the ancient Marine Republic of Amalfi obtained from the Caliph of Egypt the authorization to build a church, convent and hospital in Jerusalem, to care for pilgrims of any religious faith or race. The Knights built there first structures in Jerusalem where a temple dedicated to St. John the Baptist had been destroyed. Together with the Knights Templar, who were formed later in 1119, they became one of the most powerful Christian groups in the Middle East. The order came to distinguish itself in battles with the Muslims, its soldiers wearing a black surcoat with a white cross. By the middle of the 12th century, the order was clearly divided into military brothers and those who worked with the sick. It was still a religious order and had useful privileges granted by the...
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...Cultural immersion involves integrating yourself into a new place that is not familiar to you. Integrating yourself into a new culture does not take a lot of work it just requires someone to interact in a setting that is not familiar to them as well as experience new things. Although I have Catholic beliefs I do not actually practice the religion. This is why I chose to immerse myself into the Catholic Church for this project. I chose to visit the Catholic Church St. Michael’s in Long Branch, I went to the 4 pm mass on Ash Wednesday as well as the 9 am mass on the following Sunday with my roommate who is a devote Catholic. I chose to “culture-watch” in a Catholic Church because I have never sat through a full mass but I do believe the religion...
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...Catholicism Uncovering a religious understanding requires a universal acceptance of a higher being, and the willingness to accept the teachings of that particular faith. There are questions that many want answered in regards to what is religion, why so many different kinds of faiths, and what urges a person to practice certain religious traditions. What is known today is that religious traditions make who a person has become. Religion being a very complex issue throughout the world is a simple belonging, an attachment to the ultimate being. Some may look at having a religion as not being alone, or having a sense of direction in this confused world. Some find peace and answers sitting in from of a statues praying and some hold a cross. Others aim their prayers to the sky while some to the walls. Whatever the symbol God is present, through religious rituals people find division in yet all say basically the same. Assessing a religion to figure out why is this religion considered a true religion, and what drives these followers lives to be shaped in circumstance that hinder ones belief system. One of the most common religions today is Christianity, which carries the belief system that Jesus Christ was our savior, entailing the acceptance that Jesus is the son of God. At one point in history Christianity was divided in sects of the same belief system but including a newer understanding and tolerance of the faith. A faith of peace and clarity was established out of Christianity...
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