Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer performed "an acoustic evening" at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido on Sunday, November 20th 2005 at 6:00pm, in the Concert Hall. The program consisted of original works by Mr. Fleck, who plays the banjo, and Mr. Meyer, who plays the bass, and some classical selections as well. (The pieces included some from their recently released duo, "Music For Two") In this paper I will focus on the classical renditions of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Three part invention No.10 in G Major , and Peter Tchaikovsky's "Melody in E-flat".
Johann Sebastian Bach was born, in 1685 in Eisenach, into a musical family and he received his first instructions from his father. But his father passed away in 1695, so Bach moved to Ohrdruf, to live with his older brother Johann Christoph, who he studied the organ from. Bach's first permanent job's were as an organist in Arnstadt (1703-1707) and Muhlhausen (1707-1708). After that, Bach was employed by Duke......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 1379
Approximate Pages: 6 (260 words per double-spaced page) |