The music of Bach and Niehaus exemplifies the style and characteristics of their period, namely, the Baroque and Twentieth-Century respectively. Through an analysis and comparison of the Two Bourrees by J.S. Bach and Etude 13 by Niehaus, I will prove that these two works are vastly contrasting in style and in their treatment of musical elements which all combine to make the Two Bourrees more of a challenge to perform than Etude 13.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was born in Eisenach, Germany. He grew up in a very musical family, which probably influenced him to compo

The Two Bourrees was originally written by Bach for 'Cello in the Baroque era and therefore contains such standard musical elements from that era including being in Ternary form (ABA), having a large range of dynamics ritardando's, a variety of articulations such as staccato (bar 2 of Bourree II), tenuto (3rd last bar of Bourree I), slur (bar 4 of Bourree II), staccato slur (bar 1 of Bourree I). This piece also has a tempo of Poco Allegro and a metronome marking set at = 138, has a bright mood, has pianoforte accompaniment, and has regular 4 bar phrases. Bourree I is in A Major and Bourree II is in A minor and both Bourrees are made up of simple and repetitive rhythms and melodic lines.

In contrast to this, Etude 13 was composed in the form of a "12 Bar Blues" with a standard blues chord

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