About Bach 巴赫
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he did not introduce new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organization, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France.
Revered for their intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty, Bach's works include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Partitas, The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B minor, the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion, the Magnificat, the Musical Offering, The Art of Fugue, the English and French Suites, the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, the Cello Suites, more than 200 surviving cantatas, and a similar number of organ works, including the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, and the Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes and Organ Mass.
Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected throughout Europe during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized 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 generally regarded as one of the main composers of the Baroque style, and as one of the greatest composers of all time.
巴赫的音樂是徹底的德國風格的音樂。他是一位著名的復(fù)調(diào)音樂大師。他的作品風格莊重而嚴謹,純潔而虔誠。
巴赫內(nèi)向、安靜,終身為教會與宮廷服務(wù),不出國門一步,生時默默無聞,死時悄然離去。正如法國音樂評論家保羅·朗杜爾所言:"巴赫創(chuàng)作的目的并不是為后代人,甚至也不是為他那個時代的德國,他的抱負沒有越出他那個城市、甚至他那個教堂的范圍。每個星期他都只是在為下一個禮拜天而工作,準備一首新的作品,或修改一首舊的曲子。作品演出后,他就又把它放回書柜中去,從未考慮到拿來出版,甚至也未想到保存起來為自己使用。世上再也沒有一首杰作的構(gòu)思與實踐像這樣天真純樸了"!
I prefer Beethoven to Bach.
我喜歡貝多芬,不喜歡巴赫。
Here is the CD of Bach.
巴赫的CD在這里。
We felt awe when contemplating the works of Bach.
當注視巴赫的作品時,我們肅然起敬。
Bach married Anna Magdalena in 1721.
巴赫于1721年與魏亞蜜結(jié)婚。
Upstairs the bloody Englishman is practicing Bach.
樓上那個要命的英國人在練習彈巴赫的曲子。
It has been said that Bach's cantatas represent the fifth Gospel.
從前有人稱巴赫的大合唱為第五福音書。
Sometimes it sounds a little like Tchaikovsky, sometimes more like Bach.
有時聽起來有點像柴可夫斯基,有時更像巴赫。
Bach's music is harmonious and beautiful.
巴赫的音樂和諧優(yōu)美。
Bach's bones were excavated in 1894.
巴赫的遺骨于1894年被掘出。
Bach provided the world with a genius'musical testimony of God's glory.
巴赫提供天才般的音樂,向世界見證神的榮耀。
They included selections from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, an aria from Puccini's Turandot, Bach's cantata No169.
這些音樂包括貝多芬的《第9號交響曲》,《普契尼·杜蘭朵公主》的一個詠嘆調(diào),巴赫的《169號》清唱劇等等。
Bach's music presentations shall go throughout the festival.
巴赫的音樂將貫穿整個藝術(shù)節(jié)。
This is the last gift that John Sebastian Bach gives to Professor Cassie Mole.
這是約翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫送給卡西莫爾教授的最后一份禮物。
An Australian academic claims to have found evidence to suggest that the wife of Johann Sebastian Bach wrote several of the German composer's acclaimed pieces.
日前,澳大利亞一名學者稱其發(fā)現(xiàn)可靠證據(jù),證明德國著名作曲家約翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫的幾首名曲實為他的妻子所創(chuàng)作。
Bach's music is complex and rich.
巴赫音樂復(fù)雜而又富有。
The story is interspersed with digressions on the lives of Bach and Casals, which deftly reveal how contemporary politics shaped their music, and buffeted their careers.
這些故事巧妙地揭示出兩人的音樂和事業(yè)怎樣受到所處政治時局的影響和沖擊。
There is a music teahouse where you can enjoy classical music such as Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart.
這里有一個音樂茶館,你可以聽到貝多芬、巴赫、莫扎特等人的古典音樂。
The author researches on the Bach's compound music from three parts.
作者從三個方面研究了巴赫的復(fù)調(diào)音樂。
Bach's birthplace is the eastern German town of Eisenach.
巴赫的出生地是東德小鎮(zhèn)埃森納赫。
Mike: Are you listening to Chopin?
麥克:你是在聽肖邦嗎?
Daisy: No, Bach.
黛西:不是,是巴赫。
Mike: Why are you listening to classic music?
麥克:你為什么要古典音樂呢?
Daisy: I'm so stressful at work, everyday I listen to classic music for an hour to relax.
黛西:我上班壓力很大,每天我都會聽一小時古典音樂來放松自己。
Mike: That's a good idea.
麥克:這是個好主意。
Daisy: I feel it very useful; I've listened to a lot of classic music.
黛西:我覺得很有用,我已經(jīng)聽了很多的古典音樂。
Mike: Is Bach your favorite?
麥克:巴赫是你最喜歡的嗎?
Daisy: Yes, his music is the best.
黛西:是的,他的音樂是最棒的。
Mike: I never listen to it.
麥克:我從沒聽過。
Daisy: You should, his music is music from heaven.
黛西:你應(yīng)該聽一聽,他的音樂是來自天堂的音樂。
Mike: But I can't appreciate it.
麥克:我擔心我欣賞不了。
Daisy: You just listen to it with your heart, do not think of anything.
黛西:只要你用心聽,什么都不要想。
Mike: Ok, I'll try.
麥克:好吧,我試試。