Question:
what are characteristics of Handel Music? And Bach?
2007-09-20 07:52:50 UTC
How can you tell if the music is something Handel composed?
And What about Bach?
How are Bach and Handel different?
Three answers:
2007-09-21 01:25:45 UTC
Both Handel and Bach wrote for the same types of instruments - small orchestras, solo instruments, harpsichords, pipe organs, vocal soloists and choruses - and both wrote some of the same types of works - such as Suites, Fugues, Partitas, Preludes, and other common items in the Baroque era. So that's a start. As the previous answerer noted, Handel wrote some operas and Bach wrote much more church music instead (especially Cantatas and Passions).



To distinguish the two only from listening is not the simplest thing to do. But there are two general rules I can think of: Handel tended to have simpler harmonic progressions (what pop musicians call "chord changes"), whereas Bach had many more surprising and intricate harmonic shifts; and Handel preferred somewhat simpler textures, with generally only three contrapuntal voices (this means three different melodies happening at the same time, like one in the basses, one in the rest of the strings, and one in the oboe), and Bach was truly incredible in his ability to write music with four, five, or even more contrapuntal voices.



Please understand that this is an oversimplification and not always the case, but I hope this provides you with something of a useful answer.
kgenesius
2007-09-20 08:55:20 UTC
Handel composed in the Baroque period, so his pieces were quote complicated, ornate and could be quite long. He composed many operas and wrote in an "Italian style" even when living in England. Handel was quite popular during his lifetime and composed for a general, popular audience to enjoy.



Bach was deeply religious and composed mostly for the Church. Many of his works were for the organ alone. He composed in a more harmonic style than Handel, practically creating the rules for 4 part voice leading. He was a church organist and musician most of his life so he did not garner the fame and fortune Handel did. His works were not as intricate or flashy, but were just as beautiful and moving.
toutvas bien
2007-09-20 08:07:13 UTC
sounds like a term paper


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