Classical Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
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Work: | Pastorale in F Major, BWV 590 (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra) |
Year Composed: | 1720 |
Instrumentation: | str orch |
Publisher: | Manuscript |
Duration: | 00:12:00 |
Period: | Baroque (1600-1750) |
Work Category: | Orchestral |
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Johann Sebastian Bach, a musician by long ancestry, won himself a considerable reputation as an organist at the beginning of his career. A period as organist to Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar was followed by a happy six years as Hofkapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Coethen followed by 27 occasionally contentious years as Cantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, with responsibility for music in five of the city churches.
The first years in church employment in Leipzig brought a demand for a series of cantatas for performance on Sundays and major feast-days throughout the year. The Pastorale, a work showing clear Italian influence, appears among the organ music written during the composer's time at Weimar.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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