In Johan Sebastian Bach’s music, ornamentation is most evident.Ĭhurches and cathedrals were also intensely ornate. It is important to recognize that this style is reflected in paintings, sculpture, literature, and music. Late Baroque slowly progressed into the Rococo style that started in France and is characterized by the abandonment of the grandeur of early Baroque. Extravagant ornaments, unreal lights, strong dramatic emotional depictions, and nothing that represented everyday human life were depicted in the art of the day. It was strongly encouraged to glorify God and the monarchy, and this is very noticeable in the paintings made in this era. The Catholic Church strongly supported the creation of paintings, building cathedrals, and especially religious scenes and representations of the Holy Bible. The Baroque period started in Italy in the sixteenth century and spread throughout Europe. The Baroque period in Europe was an era of the “many ornaments.” Paintings, sculptures, and architecture were made in very dramatic style with a lot of embellishments whenever possible. Without a doubt, it takes a lifetime to be able to interpret and perform Bach’s music, understand it, emotionally experience it, envision the divine and heaven, and understand life, death, good, and evil as his music presents it. He examines the fundamental questions about life and death, human creation, and the Creator. Bach is the theologian among the composers. His chords build cathedrals, and his compositions stream devotion to God and the Divine. Thesis statement: Johan Sebastian Bach’s music is his own religion, no matter where it is performed, because it turns every room into a holy place. Every chord has a hidden message it builds an actual cathedral out of sound. Furthermore, his Toccata and Fugue in key of D minor, which was composed for organ, represents through its cathedral sound, the creation of the universe. His Well- Tempered Clavier compositions of twenty-four Preludes and Fugues are aural representations of the Holy Bible. His art offers a discussion about life and death, filled with light as opposed to darkness. Scenes of the Holy Bible were painted, sculptures were made, and cathedrals were built.
Baroque, or the era of “many ornaments,” was focused in absolute devotion to and worship of God. In this time period music, art, paintings, and architecture were deeply connected and inspired by Catholicism. His musical compositions represent the mystery of the human mind, creation of perfection, a vision of the divine, and a depiction of heaven. Johan Sebastian Bach’s music was composed in the era of the late Baroque in Europe.
Without a doubt, it takes a lifetime to be able to interpret and perform Bach’s music, understand it, emotionally experience it, envision the divine and heaven, and to understand life, death, good, and evil as his music presents it. He examined fundamental questions about life and death, human creation, and the Creator. Bach is the theologian among classical composers. His chords build actual cathedrals, and his compositions stream devotion to God and the Divine. It does not matter where it is performed, because it turns every room into a church. Bach - a Cultural Analysis of the Late Baroque in EuropeĪbstract: J. The Vision of the Divine in the Music of J.S.
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