Transcript Bach Handel Wigs

George Frederic
HANDEL
1685 – 1759
Johann Sebastian
BACH
1685 – 1750
Johann Sebastian
BACH
1685 – 1750
A German composer and
organist who wrote sacred
and secular music for choirs,
orchestra and solo
instruments. He wrote music
during the Baroque era of
music and art history .
J.S. Bach was born in
Eisenach, Germany in 1685.
As a child, Bach’s father
taught him to play violin
and harpsichord.
His uncles were all
musicians, serving as
church organists and court
chamber musicians.
One of his uncles, Johann
Christoph, introduced him Johann Ambrosius Bach
to the art of organ playing. Johann Sebastian's father
In 1723, Bach became the cantor,
organist, and music composer for St.
Thomas Lutheran Church in Leipzig,
Germany. He remained there the rest
of his life until he died in 1750.
J.S. Bach died in 1750.
Bach was not appreciated
during his own lifetime.
He was considered an “oldfashioned” composer.
Today, Bach is considered to
be one of the most influential
composers of all time.
In fact, he is now such an important composer
that the year of his death is a defining point
in history – it marks the historical end of the
Baroque Period.
J.S. Bach had 20 children!
- He married Maria Barbara in 1707.
7 children – 4 survived to adulthood
- He married Anna Magdalana in 1721.
13 children – 6 survived to adulthood
20 children – 10 survived to adulthood
Wilhelm Friedmann
Bach
(1710–84)
Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach
(1714–88)
Johann Christoph
Friedrich Bach
(1732–95)
Johann Christian
Bach
(1735–82)
George Frederic
HANDEL
1685 – 1759
German-English Baroque
composer who is famous
for his operas, oratorios,
and concertos.
George Frederic
HANDEL
1685 – 1759
He was born in Germany in
the same year as J.S. Bach,
but they never did meet.
He received musical training
in Italy before settling in
London and becoming a
naturalized British subject.
Wigs
Do people have
their own hair
underneath?
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Do people have
their own hair
underneath?
Yes!
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Do people take
off their wigs at
night?
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Do people take
off their wigs at
night?
Yes, they put
the wigs on a
wig stand.
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How much do
the wigs weigh?
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How much do
the wigs weigh?
2 – 5 pounds!
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Was the hair all
human?
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Was the hair all
human?
Some of it was
made of horse
tail.
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Why are the
wigs white?
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Why are the
wigs white?
Flour or lead
compound was
blown onto the hair
by servants in the
powder room.
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How did the
powder stick to
the wig?
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How did the
powder stick to
the wig?
Pig fat!
Imagine the smell!
That is why
perfume was
invented in France!
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What about lice?
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Lice WERE a problem!
It is often said that the
18th century was the
“century of scratching.”
At elegant dinners, each
place setting would
include a silver claw for
scratching at the lice
that thrived on the flour
and pig’s fat in the wigs!
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How did the people move with high
wigs balanced on their heads?
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How did the people move with high
wigs balanced on their heads?
Inside the wig was a lever they
could use to lower the hair.
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What was the
purpose of wigs?
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What was the
purpose of wigs?
To give stature
and elegance to
the wearer.