The Imperishable Johann Sebastian: Postict

Abstract

The term Postict is used here to denote the conclusive perceptions addressed to Bach’s music. And the first of them pertains to that unique phenomenon which the Bach dynasty represents. Having evolved during the course of three centuries, it has brought in an invaluable contribution to the German art of music. A distinguished fact is that Johann Sebastian Bach as the most significant representative of the family brought up four sons (Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philip Emmanuel, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johann Christian), who obtained broad recognition as composers. To the inclusivity of amplitude of styles so characteristic to Johann Sebastian himself related to the past and to his contemporaneity it is necessary to add the broad spectrum of stylistic prognoses for the future programmed by the great composer. Bach’s insights most of all touched that epoch which came up to take the place of Bach’s era — it is referred to the Era of Enlightenment and the figures so essential to it such as Domenico Scarlatti, Gluck, Mozart and Beethoven. It also envisaged certain overtones of the Romantic Era associated with the styles of Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms and a number of other composers. If we are to discuss the forestalling of 20th century music, first of all we must highlight the Neo-Bach movement as the most influential branch of neoclassicism.

Keywords: J. S. Bach’s artistic heritage, the musical dynasty of the Bach, the Neo-Bach movement