Bach and Handel Beethoven

Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friderick Handel were two of the most important composers of the Baroque Period. Compare and contrast their lives and sacred musical works studied in class. Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friderick Handel are two of the most important composers of the Baroque period. Born only one month apart both in Germany. Handel lived nine more years than Bach. Coming from the same period the two composers have many qualities that …

…movement. The march-like can be related to nationalism which is a prominent quality in Romantic music. It also shows power and wealth with whom Beethoven associated with. The most obvious characteristic in Romantic music is the fact that a composer shows so much passion and emotion or nationalism in their music. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 is a good example that possesses all of those qualities, yet is written in sonata form from the Classical period.