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2nd semester 2015-2016

Composers

Place & birthday

Johann
Sebastian Bach

Born: March 21,

1685 - Eisenach
Died: July 28,
1750 - Leipzig

George
Frideric
Handel

Born: February
23, 1685 Halle
Died: April 14,
1759 London

Childhood:

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Late Adult
Years:
When Bach was After his days in
9 years old, he
Cthen, Bach
attended his
accepted the job
oldest brother's
as Kantor at the
(Johann
Thomasschule.
Christoph)
He was in charge
wedding where
of arranging the
he met Johann
music of the four
Pachelbel,
main churches in
composer of the
the town. Bach
famous
became
Pachelbel Canon. extremely
involved and
composed much
of his music in
Leipzig. Bach
spent the rest of
his days there
and in 1750, he
died of a stroke.
Because
During the last
Handels father
ten years of
wanted him to
Handels life, he
become a lawyer, regularly
Georg prevented performed his
Handel from
Messiah.
playing any
Because of its
musical
success, he
instruments.
returned to
However, Handel London and with
managed to
a new found
sneak past his
confidence he
fathers
composed
command by
Samson along
playing the
with many
hidden
others. Before
clavichord in the his death, Handel
attic. At the age
had lost his
of 9, the Duke
vision due to

Famous works
Air on a G
String, Double
Violin Concerto,
Brandenburg
Concerto No. 3,
B Minor Mass,
and The
Unaccompanied
Cello Suites

The Messiah,
Music for the
Royal Fireworks,
and Water Music

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Antonio
Vivaldi

Born:
March 4, 1678 Venice
Died:
July 28, 1741 Vienna

George
Philipp
Telemann

Born:
Born on March
14, 1681 to
Heinrich
Telemann and
Maria Haltmeier
Birthplace:
Magdeburg,
Brandenburg
(Germany)
Died:

heard Handel
playing the organ
and convinced
Georg to let
Handel study
music under
Friedrich
Zachow. When
Handel was just
12, his father
died leaving
Handel as the
man of the
household.
Vivaldi was
taught how to
play violin at a
young age by his
father.

Georg Philipp
Telemann was a
composer,
conductor, music
teacher and
writer of the late
Baroque period.
His family
discouraged him
from pursuing
music and

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cataracts. He
died on April 14,
1759. He was
buried at
Westminster
Abbey, and it
was said that
over 3,000
people attended
his funeral.

Vivaldi
continued to lead
a busy life. He
traveled
extensively,
worked on again
off again for the
Piet, and
composed for
many different
people. Vivaldi
died on July 28,
1741, while on a
trip Vienna, and
was given a
pauper's burial.
In 1733, he
published
Musique de table
which contains a
collection of his
compositions. In
1725 to 1726, he
published his
church cantatas
in Der
harmonische

The Four
Seasons, Gloria,
and Con Alla
Rustica in G

Viola Concerto
in G, Trio Sonata
in C minor, and
the Paris
Quartets

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June 25, 1767 in

Hamburg,
Germany

Arcangelo
Corelli

Henry Purcell

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Gottesdienst.
Then from 1728
to 1729, he
published 70
compositions in
the periodical
Der getreue
Music-Meister.
His notable
compositions
include the
cantata Ino, the
opera Pimpinone
and the oratorio
Der fr die
Snde der Welt
gemarterte Jesus
Born:
His first
nstrumental
February 17,
documented
music especially
1653; his parents teachers were
the concerti
were Arcangelo
Faenza and Lugo grossi (singular
Correli and Santa under whom he
form: concerto
Raffini. His
studied music
grosso), solo and
father died
theory. Giovanni trio sonatas. The
before he was
Benvenuti taught concerti grossi is
born and his
him on the violin an orchestral
mother named
from 1666 to
music during the
him after his late 1667. Leonardo
Baroque period
father.
Brugnoli, another which remained
Birthplace:
violinist, taught
popular until
Fusignano, Italy him afterward.
1750 when the
Died:
solo concerto
January 8, 1713
became favored.
in Rome, Italy
(born c. 1659,
London, Eng.
died Nov. 21,
1695, London)

though he was
primarily selftaught, he could
play several
instruments
including the
oboe, recorder
and violin.

Not very much is

known of
Purcells life. His
father was a
gentleman of the
Chapel Royal, in

With a lifetime
of only thirtyfive years,
Purcell achieved
musical
greatness. He

Concerto Grossi,
Christmas
Concerto, and
Sonata de camera
in D minor

Dido & Aeneas,

The Fairy Queen,
and Sound the
Trumpet

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which musicians
for the royal
service were
trained, and the
son received his
earliest education
there as a
chorister. When
his voice broke
in 1673, he was
appointed
assistant to John
Hingston, keeper
of the kings
instruments,
whom he
succeeded in
1683.

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became
considered one
of Englands
greatest
composers and
the most original
composer of his
time. Purcell was
extremely
talented in wordsetting and
composed very
successful works
for stage.

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Domenico
Scarlatti

Jean-Philippe
Rameau

Born:
October 26, 1685
Birthplace:
Naples, Italy
Died:
July 23, 1757 in
Madrid, Spain

Born:
September 25,
1683
Birthplace:
Dijon, Burgundy
Died:
September 12,
1764

His father,
Alessandro
Scarlatti, was
likewise a
composer
notable for his
operas and was
one of
Domenico's
strongest
influence.
Domenico later
on met and
became friends
with George
Frideric Handel
and Thomas
Roseingrave. He
first became
organist and
composer in the
Royal Chapel of
Naples in 1701,
then in San
Maria Maggiore
in Rome by
1707, where he
assisted his
father.
His father was an
organist at St.
Etienne in Dijon
and was his
earliest
influence. At a
young age, JeanPhilippe Rameau
was already
showing great
musical ability.
He went to a

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He later served
the Portuguese
court in Lisbon,
where aside from
his other duties,
he also gave
keyboard lessons
to King John V's
daughter and
son. The King
granted him
knighthood in
1738.

Essercizi per
Gravicembalo
(sonatas for
harpsichord)

Remeau became
the composer inresidence of La
Riche de la
Pouplimiere, a
known patron of
music, from
1731 to 1753.

Hippolyte et
Aricie and Castor
et Pollux, Trait,
and Les Indes
galantes

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Johann
Pachelbel

Born:
Born in 1653,
baptized on
September 1,
1653
Birthplace:
Nrnberg,
Germany
Died:
March 3, 1706 in
Nurnberg,
Germany

Jesuit college
and would later
on become an
organist for a
Jesuit school in
Paris (1706),
then at Notre
Dame in Dijon
(1709) and at the
Clermont
Cathedral in
1715.
Pachelbel studied
at St. Lorenz
high school.
Soon after, his
father hired two
music instructors
who taught
Pachelbel
privately; the
organist Georg
Caspar Wecker
and Heinrich
Schwemmer.
Pachelbel was a
good student, not
only in music but
also in other
academic
subjects.

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Master of the
organ, teacher,
German
composer
especially known
for his organ
works. Pachelbel
met the Bach
family in
Eisenach and
became the
teacher of Johann
Christoph Bach,
the older brother
of Johann
Sebastian Bach.

He is known for
his organ music;
he also wrote
church, vocal
and chamber
music.

Pachelbel Canon,
Chaconne in F
minor, and
Toccata in C
minor for organ