Musical Composition Essay

Musical composition is creating an original piece of music. People who constructs the music called composers. For example, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg and Brahms Johannes are the few of the names, whose compositions were famous in Romantic Era as well as today. Their are all talented and unique in their own ways. Moreover, every compositions have different numbers of movements in their music, and composers are the one, who chooses how many movements they want their work to be. Moreover, movements are very important because they allow composers to tell their story to the audience. For instance, Bach’s Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014, Grieg’s Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in G Major Op. 13, Brahms Sonatensatz in C Minor, Op. Posth, and Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, all of them have different story to tell either personal or universal.

Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany. He is the son of Johann Ambrosius. He belongs to a musical family. His family held musical positions for many years throughout Thuringia with good reputation. Young Johann was taught to play the violin by his father. He also received religious studies as well, which influence his musical composing on his later life. After his parents death Bach started working in a church with his brother ("Johann Sebastian Bach."). He was popular in the church for his technical skill. Moreover, He was accountable for providing organ music for religious services, and secular music for courts. He was also a music instructor for special events. Bach had two wives, his first wife died 13 years after their marriage, Bach re-married Anna Magdalena Wilcken. He had twenty children in total, ...

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... of hearing the music clearly. Additionally, there would not also be any outside distractions. I would go to another performance like this only to enjoy the music, not for writing a paper because more often then not, I was thinking about the assignment rather than enjoying the concert.

Music have changed alot over time. In Romantic Era, when Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg and Brahms Johannes composed their music. They did not have the resources or technologies that nowadays composers have, but they were still able to create complicated and unique pieces. Moreover, the similarity between the composers are that they all started music at very early age. They are individuals that are unique in their own ways. Finally, many composers from 21th century gets inspiration from listening to composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg and Brahms Johannes.