Johann Sebastian Bach's harpsichord in expression style works

This study has been carried out to discuss the style of expression in the harpsichord works of Johann Sebastian Bach, a major figure in the polyphonic European music. Prior to discussing the music of the Baroque Period, its polyphony, and his harpsichord works, the Baroque Period, a determining art period on the life and works of J. S. Bach, was mentioned. The meaning and the definition of the word 'baroque', features of the general style in the field of the visual arts -architecture, sculpture, painting- were handled with demonstrations. After that, the period between monophony and the Baroque Era was handled and analyzed in terms of the styles of elements like melody, rhythm, polyphony, instrument and form. The main purpose of this rough analysis was to reveal what sort of path was followed and how this path affected the Baroque Period. From the first phases of the International Art Music until the Baroque Period, enrichment of different melodic patterns, introduction of new rhythmical/metrical patterns, rise in importance of ingenuity in instruments and orchestration, in brief, it was discoursed that polyphony which started to culminate with the Baroque Era had taken shape after long phases and evolution. Under the subheading of The Style of Baroque Period in Music, these topics were discoursed: development of the Baroque Period quite distinctly from other periods in a 150-year period, culmination of composers of the period and their works (vocalinstrumental-stage works) in polyphony, development of figured bass technique, that the musical style of the period started to develop in the Early and High Baroque Periods but culminated in the Late Baroque Period, and that composers of Baroque Period illuminated the new future periods and marked a new era. In the final section of this study, prior to handling the harpsichord style of J. S. Bach in an analytical aspect, the biography and works that made Bach, Bach was discoursed. It was emphasized that Bach's life and music was determined by the economy-politics of the period in which he lived, and it was determined that the projections of his life experiences redounded on his works. Ultimately, his style of expression in his harpsichord works was analized with illustrations. Key Words: 1. J. S. Bach 2.Harpsichord Composition 3. Baroque Era 4. Style 5.Musical Expression