(March 21, 1685\u2013July 28, 1750), was a German composer, considered the \u201cmaster of masters,\u201d combining the polyphonic tradition of Baroque music with harmonic innovations. He held positions at the court of the Duke of Weimar, the court of Prince Leopold of Kothen, and directed music at St. Thomas\u2019s School at Leipzig. The majority of his choral works are of religious inspiration, as seen in his over 200 cantatas, including Passion According to St. Matthew Passion, Passion According to St. John Passion, B Minor Mass<\/i> and Christmas Oratorio.<\/i> His great organ and keyboard works include 2 and the Goldberg Variations.<\/i> Among his instrumental masterpieces are pieces for the cello, the solo violin and the Brandenburg Concertos.<\/i><\/p>\n
Johann Sebastian Bach composed a cantata which expressed the fervency of his faith in Christ\u2019s atoning work on the cross, entitled:<\/p>\n
Jesus, Meine Freude. (Jesus, My Joy!)410<\/p>\n
In expressing his conviction concerning the purpose of music, Johann Sebastian Bach asserted:<\/p>\n
The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. If heed is not paid to this, it is not true music but a diabolical bawling and twanging.411<\/p>\n
Pope, Alexander<\/b> (May 21, 1688\u2013May 30, 1744), was the greatest English poet and satirist of the early 1700\u2019s. Ranking with Shakespeare in influence, his works include: Ode to Solitude,<\/i> 1700\u201309; An Essay on Criticism,<\/i> 1711; The Rape of the Lock,<\/i> 1712, 1714; Dunciad,<\/i> 1728; An Essay on Man,<\/i> 1733; The Universal Prayer,<\/i> 1738; Imitations of Horace,<\/i> 1733; and The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot,<\/i> 1735. In An Essay of Criticism,<\/i> 1711, Alexander Pope wrote:<\/p>\n
To err is human, to forgive divine.412<\/p>\n
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.413<\/p>\n
In Of the Character of Women,<\/i> 1735, 1744, Alexander Pope wrote:<\/p>\n
A very heathen in the carnal part<\/p>\n
Yet still a sad, good Christian at her heart.414<\/p>\n
In An Essay on Man,<\/i> 1733, Epistle I, line 95, Alexander Pope wrote:<\/p>\n
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.415<\/p>\n
In An Essay on Man,<\/i> Epistle IV, line 247, Alexander Pope stated:<\/p>\n
A wit\u2019s a feather, and a chief a rod;<\/p>\n
An honest man\u2019s the noblest work of God.416<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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