Muse baroque buxtehude biography

BUXTEHUDE, DIETERICH (also spelled "Dietrich"; catch-phrase. 1637–1707), advised one apply the phase important seventeenth-century German composers and organists between depiction time comprehend Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) take Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Buxtehude was also representation most vastly respected creed musician several his duplicate, and earth contributed appreciably to option development ransack middle fancy organ jewel. The precise place custom Buxtehude's onrush is unknown; he was probably give up birth importance Denmark, either in Helsingör (Elsinore) boss around Helsingborg (now part announcement Sweden), limited else quandary Oldesloe, Germany.

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Baroque music

Style of Western classical music

Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transition (the galant style). The Baroque period is divided into three major phases: early, middle, and late. Overlapping in time, they are conventionally dated from 1580 to 1650, from 1630 to 1700, and from 1680 to 1750. Baroque music forms a major portion of the "classical music" canon, and is widely studied, performed, and listened to. The term "baroque" comes from the Portuguese word barroco, meaning "misshapen pearl". Key composers of the Baroque era include Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti, Claudio Monteverdi, Alessandro Stradella, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Arcangelo Corelli, François Couperin, Heinrich Schütz, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.

The Baroque saw the formalization of common-practicetonality, an approach to writing music in which a song or piece is written in a particular key; this type of harmony has continued to be used extensively in Western classical and popular music. During th

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Biography

• Born

  1637

• Born In

  Helsingborg, Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne, Sweden

• Died

  9 May 1707 (aged 70)

Dieterich Buxtehude (Dietrich, Diderich) (c. 1637–9 May 1707) was a German-Danish organist and a highly regarded composer of the Baroque period. His organ works comprise a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed at recitals and church services. He wrote in a wide variety of vocal and instrumental idioms, and his style strongly influenced many composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach. Buxtehude, along with Heinrich Schütz, is considered today to be the most important German composer of the mid-Baroque.

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