Bach is now seen as one of the greatest geniuses in music history. He wrote all kinds of music -- for organ and other keyboard instruments, orchestras, choirs, and concertos for many different instrumental combinations. Click here to learn more. Music by Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. In , Bach was glad to leave Arnstadt for an organist position at the Church of St.
This move, however, did not turn out as well as he had planned. Bach's musical style clashed with the church's pastor. Bach created complex arrangements and had a fondness for weaving together different melodic lines.
His pastor believed that church music needed to be simple. One of Bach's most famous works from this time is the cantata "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit," also known as "Actus Tragicus. He wrote many church cantatas and some of his best compositions for the organ while working for the duke.
But Duke Wilhelm Ernst had no interest in letting Bach go and even imprisoned him for several weeks when he tried to leave. Prince Leopold had a passion for music. He played the violin and often bought musical scores while traveling abroad. He also wrote pieces for solo instruments, including some of his finest violin works. His secular compositions still reflected his deep commitment to his faith with Bach often writing the initials I. In tribute to the Duke of Brandenburg, Bach created a series of orchestra concertos, which became known as the "Brandenburg Concertos," in These concertos are considered to be some of Bach's greatest works.
That same year, Prince Leopold got married, and his new bride discouraged the prince's interest in music. Bach completed the first book of "The Well-Tempered Clavier" around this time. With students in mind, he put together this collection of keyboard pieces to help them learn certain techniques and methods. Bach had to turn his attentions to finding work when the prince dissolved his orchestra in After auditioning for a new position in Leipzig, Bach signed a contract to become the new organist and teacher at St.
Thomas Church. He was required to teach at the Thomas School as a part of his position as well. With new music needed for services each week, Bach threw himself into writing cantatas. The "Christmas Oratorio," for example, is a series of six cantatas that reflect on the holiday. Bach also created musical interpretations of the Bible using choruses, arias and recitatives.
These works are referred to as his "Passions," the most famous of which is "Passion According to St. The piece was performed as part of a Good Friday service. One of his later religious masterworks is "Mass in B minor. Bach did not finish the composition, a musical version of a traditional Latin mass, until The complete work was not performed during his lifetime. In , Bach was appointed Royal Kapellmeister of Saxe-Weissenfels by the Elector of Weissenfels — a position he was entitled to exercise without having to relocate.
In December, Bach passed an audition for the post of director of music in Halle Saale but decided not to take up the position after all. Bach was promoted to concertmaster — a position which entailed composing new music every month. One of his godfathers was Georg Philipp Telemann. He, too, was destined to become a musician, but whether he was also a composer is unknown. His resignation was refused and he was imprisoned for a month for disobedience. The exact cause of her death is nowadays unknown.
In autumn, Bach travelled to Hamburg for an audition. At any rate, in Bach began seeking employment elsewhere. The position had been vacant since the death of Johann Kuhnau the previous year. Initially, Georg Philipp Telemann was picked by the town council to be his successor, but he refused when offered a pay rise in Hamburg.
Johann Christoph Graupner, at that time kapellmeister in Darmstadt, was chosen in the second round, but failed to be released by his employer. Accordingly, J. This amounted to about sixty cantatas for each ecclesiastical year. According to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, Bach wrote five annual cantata cycles, although just under three have come down to us. Even though Bach received assistance from senior choirboys in connection with rehearsals and the time-consuming copying-out of parts by hand, his workload for the weekly cantatas must have been immense.
Bach began his collaboration with librettist Picander the pseudonym of Christian Friedrich Henrici which was destined to last twenty years.
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