When you ask someone who is the father of the classical music. The person will reply, “Bach.” Why it is so….. To begin with, there are four major eras for Classical Music, namely Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary. J.S Bach falls in Baroque era when at that time, they played using harpsichord as piano was not invented yet. J.S Bach composed variations,inventions, preludes & fugues (The well-Tempered Clavier) in all the 24 major and minor keys etc.. But he never compose opera.
Johann Sebastian Bach in short was known as J.S Bach was a German composer, organist, violist, and violinist whose ecclesiastical and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.
Bach’s abilities as an organist were highly respected throughout Europe during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now regarded as the supreme composer of the Baroque, and as one of the greatest of all time. Hence, he was addressed as the father of the classical music.
Now, let’s sit back and enjoy some of the famous pieces composed by one of the greatest composers of all time… J.S BACH
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