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• Composers

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• Famous composers
• Johann sebastian bach
• Antonio vivaldi
• george friedric handel

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Bach is Bach
• as God is God
• - Berlioz

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• Johann sebastian bach
• 1685 1750
• Some say that the Baroque era ended with bach
• Many other great composers consider Bach the
  greatest composer in history

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Bach means stream in German
• Not that famous in his day
• Children more famous respected
• Did not create or develop anything new
• Not considered that bright
• Only really knew about music

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Early Life
• Comes form long line of musicians
• Not taught a lot, assumed to be a natural
• Born in northern Germany (Thuringia)
• Both parents die when hes 9
• Goes to live with brother until 15
• Really gets into music at age 15

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Love of music
• Supposedly walked 213 miles when 19 to see a
  famous organ player
• Didnt return for four months
• Becomes an organist at 22 years old
• Also marries cousin Maria Barbara
• Has 7 children with her

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Weimar
• 23, becomes court organist for Duke
  Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar
• Stays in weimar for 9 years
• Creates many great organ works here

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Cothen
• Eventually wants to leave for a better job in
  Cothen with Prince Leopold
• Duke Wilhelm Ernst actually arrests bach so he
  wont leave
• Eventually lets him go
• Greatly enjoys cothen
• Well paid
• Had a 17 piece ensemble at his command
• Writes most instrumental music here
• Well-tempered clavier brandenburg con.

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Tragedy
• Age 35 wife dies
• Marries Anna Magadalena 18 mos later
• Shes 20 years younger than Bach
• Gives Bach 13 more childen
• Only ½ of Bachs children live to maturity

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Leipzig
• 1721 gets chance to become Cantor of
  Thomasschule in Liepzig
• One of the most prestigious musical posts in all
  of Europe
• But only gets it as 3rd pick
• Spends rest of life here

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Leipzig
• Rough job
• Played organ at services
• Taught music and Latin
• Wrote music
• Directed music
• Trained musicians
• Got paid little
• Lived in cold and damp quarters
• Even had to gather firewood as part of job

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Bachs work
• Wrote A LOT of works
• Composed more than 1000 works
• Oratarios, 200 cantatas, concerti, etc.
• Took 46 years to collect all of his work
• Still fathered 20 children

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• Johann sebastian bach
• Late life
• Started to go blind
• Had surgery (didnt help)
• Died 10 days later at age 65
• Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Buried in unmarked grave

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• Antonio vivaldi
• The Red Priest

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• Antonio vivaldi
• 1678 1741
• Wrote about 770 works
• 46 operas
• Over 420 concertos
• Sinfonias
• Etc.
• Great violin player
• Many solo works for the violin

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• Antonio vivaldi
• Early years
• Born in Venice, Italy (1678)
• Father was also a talented violinist
• Also got his fathers red hair
• Wanted to be priest since age of 15
• The Red Priest
• Didnt work out as a priest

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• Antonio vivaldi
• Conservatorio dellOspedale della Pieta
• 1704
• Orginally for orphan girls
• Got a job as the master violin teacher
• Composed a great deal of music here

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• Antonio vivaldi
• 1705
• Works begin to be published
• Writes the most in the next 20 years
• 1720
• Writes The Four Seasons
• These are considered Tone Poems

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• Antonio vivaldi
• Travels europe
• Supposedly has two mistresses (sisters)
• Plays for the Pope
• Plays for Emperor Charles VI

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• Antonio vivaldi
• Late life
• Italy grows tired of his music
• His patron dies
• Loses position at La Pieta (the orphanage)
• Charles VI dies before he can get job
• Dies poor neglected in 1741
• Buried in unmarked grave

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• george frideric handel
• The greatest, ablest
• composer that ever lived
• - Beethoven

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• george frideric handel
• 1685 1759
• Born in Germany, 100 miles from Bach
• Later moves to Italy England
• Wrote huge amounts of music

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• george frideric handel
• Early Life
• Father hated music
• Mother may have helped him learn
• Age 8 Local duke hears him play organ and
  insists he is allowed to study music
• After 3 years, his teacher says he cannot teach
  him anything more
• Doesnt get any more education

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• george frideric handel
• 1703
• Moves to Italy
• Already famous in Germany
• Now famous in Italy
• 1711
• Visits England (from Germany)
• Produces 1st Italian opera in England
• Huge success

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• george frideric handel
• 1712
• visits England again
• Stays for good this time
• 1714
• His boss from Germany becomes King George I of
  Great Britain
• Handel writes water music for the King

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• george frideric handel
• wrote huge amounts of music
• 46 operas
• 32 oratarios
• More than 100 vocal pieces

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• george frideric handel
• late Life
• Became poor and has a stroke
• Later he goes blind
• Dies 1759 on Easter
• Buried in Westminster abbey