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Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist of the Baroque Period. He enriched many established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach wrote much music, which was revered for its intellectual depth, technical command, and artistic beauty. Many of his works are still known today, such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, the Well-Tempered Clavier, and his cantatas, chorales, partitas, passions, and organ works.
Bach was born in Eisenach, Saxe-Eisenach into a very musical family; his father, Johann Ambrosius Bach was the director of the town's musicians, and all of his uncles were professional musicians. His father taught him to play violin and harpsichord, and his brother, Johann Christoph Bach taught him the clavichord, and exposed him to much contemporary music. Bach also sang, and he went to the St Michael's School in Lüneburg, because of his skill in voice. After graduating, he held several musical posts across Germany; he served as Kapellmeister (director of music) to Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Cantor of Thomasschule in Leipzig, and Royal Court Composer to August III. Bach's health and vision declined in 1749, and he died on 28 July 1750. Modern historians believe that his death was caused by a combination of stroke and pneumonia.
Actors: Jürgen Vogel (actor), Hans-Michael Rehberg (actor), Vadim Glowna (actor), Detlev Buck (actor), Anatole Taubman (actor), Joachim Tomaschewsky (actor), Karl Baumgartner (producer), Mathias Braun (miscellaneous crew), Henning Peker (actor), Gilles Tschudi (actor), Jean-Louis Porchet (producer), Michel Cassagne (actor), Thanassis Karathanos (producer), Gérard Ruey (producer), Karoline Herfurth (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Stuart Gillard (director), Kevin Jubinville (actor), Rosemary Dunsmore (actress), Eric Peterson (actor), David Devine (producer), David Devine (writer), Leif Bristow (producer), Richard Mozer (producer), Ian D. Clark (actor), Ross Petty (actor), Michael Pacek (editor), Kyle Labine (actor), Daniela Humlova (miscellaneous crew), Ted Dykstra (actor), Dita Valentinova (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Family, Music,Actors: Brian Cox (actor), Colin Nears (director), Simon Mulligan (actor),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Uwe-Detlev Jessen (director), Lothar Förster (actor), Egon Geißler (actor), Herwart Grosse (actor), Ernst Kahler (actor), Walter Lendrich (actor), Kurt Radeke (actor), Horst Weinheimer (actor), Ruth Kommerell (actress), Blanche Kommerell (actress), Heinz Hinze (actor), Wolfgang Hosfeld (actor), Winfried Wagner (actor), Horst Lebinsky (actor), Horst Ziethen (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Danièle Huillet (writer), Jean-Marie Straub (editor), Danièle Huillet (editor), Danièle Huillet (director), Jean-Marie Straub (writer), Jean-Marie Straub (producer), Danièle Huillet (producer), Jean-Marie Straub (director), Hellmuth Costard (actor), Gian Vittorio Baldi (producer), Paolo Carlini (actor), Franz Seitz (producer), Joachim Wolff (actor), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (actor), Bernd Weikl (actor),
Plot: A chronicle of Johann Sebastian Bach's life, eschewing drama to focus almost entirely on his music. Narrated by his wife Anna in voiceover, it consists largely of static scenes of Bach conducting and/or playing his brilliant compositions.
Keywords: bach, brechtian, chamber-music, character-name-in-title, choir, church-music, classical-music, composer, concert, concert-filmActors: Jirí Menzel (actor), Martin Ruzek (actor), Jirí Lír (actor), Vlastimil Brodský (actor), Lubomír Kostelka (actor), Jan Pohan (actor), Jan S. Kolár (actor), Václav Lohniský (actor), Vlastimil Bedrna (actor), Juraj Herz (actor), Vladimír Hrabánek (actor), Karel Hovorka (actor), Karel Gott (actor), Václav Wasserman (actor), Bohumil Smída (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical,Actors: Albert McCleery (producer), Albert McCleery (director), Ben Cooper (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Vladimir Gardin (actor), Sergei Martinson (actor), Pavel Kadochnikov (actor), Yevgeni Petrov (writer), Aleksandr Ivanovsky (editor), Aleksandr Ivanovsky (producer), Aleksandr Ivanovsky (director), Fridrikh Ermler (miscellaneous crew), Anatoli Korolkevich (actor), Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova (actress), Aleksandr Orlov (actor), Lyudmila Tselikovskaya (actress), Dmitri Kabalevsky (composer), Nikolai Konovalov (actor), Georgi Munblit (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Ernst Dernburg (actor), Wolfgang Liebeneiner (actor), Franz Schafheitlin (actor), Franz Arzdorf (actor), Albert Florath (actor), Angelo Ferrari (actor), Johannes Riemann (actor), Fred Goebel (actor), Gustaf Gründgens (actor), Erich Dunskus (actor), Karl Hellmer (actor), Paul Bildt (actor), Eugen Klöpfer (actor), Gustav Knuth (actor), Alfred Schieske (actor),
Genres: Drama, Music,Actors: Frederic Zelnik (director), Hans Mierendorff (actor), Paul Otto (actor), Karl Platen (actor), Paul Rehkopf (actor), Hans Stüwe (actor), Lil Dagover (actress), Rosa Valetti (actress), Frederic Zelnik (producer), Hans Behrendt (writer), Fanny Carlsen (writer), Hans Brausewetter (actor), Carl de Vogt (actor), Hugo Fischer-Köppe (actor), Otto Gebühr (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,And now there is no choice
I must put a side
The fear that feels inside
There is no place to hide
So it comes to this
One great and golden chance
That's only I can take
When everything I fought for is at stake
To make the mark
That's only I can make
This is the moment
This is the day
When I send all my doubts and demons
On their way
Every endeavor
I have made ever
Is coming into play.
Is here and now today
This is the moment,
This is the time,
When the momentum and the moment
Are in rhyme
Give me this moment
This precious chance
I'll gather up my past
And make some sense at last
This is the moment
When all I've done
All of the dreaming,
Scheming and screaming
Become one
This is the day
See it sparkle and shine
When all I've lived for
Becomes mine
For all these years,
I've faced the world alone,
And now the time has come
To prove to them
I've made it on my own
This is the moment
My final test
Destiny beckoned,
I never reckoned
Second best
I won't look down
I must not fall
This is the moment,
The sweetest moment of them all
This is the moment
Damn all the odds
This day, or never,
I'll sit forever
With the gods
When I look back,
I will always recall,
This was the moment,
Moment for moment,
The greatest moment,