place_of_birth margrave christian ludwig of brandenburg-schwedt
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical ___MASK14___ classical music , which features string instruments such as violin , viola , cello and double bass , as well as brass , woodwinds , and percussion instruments , grouped in sections . Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone , as may the concert harp and , for performances ___MASK14___ some modern compositions , electronic instruments . Johann ___MASK95___ Bach ( 28 July 1750 ) was a German composer and musician ___MASK14___ the Baroque period . He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint , harmonic and motivic organisation , and the adaptation ___MASK14___ rhythms , forms , and textures from abroad , particularly from Italy and France . Bach ' s compositions include the " Brandenburg Concertos ", the " Goldberg Variations ", the Mass in B minor , two Passions , and over three hundred cantatas ___MASK14___ which around two hundred survive . His music is revered for its technical command , artistic beauty , and intellectual depth . ___MASK9___ ( or ___MASK9___ / Oder ) is a town in northeastern ___MASK82___ , ___MASK29___ . With the official status ___MASK14___ a " Große kreisangehörige Stadt " ( major district town ), it is the largest town ___MASK14___ the Uckermark district , located near the Oder River close to the border with Poland . The Mass in B minor ( BWV 232 ) by Johann ___MASK95___ Bach is a musical setting ___MASK14___ the complete Ordinary ___MASK14___ the Latin Mass . The work was one ___MASK14___ Bach ' s last compositions , not completed until 1749 , the year before his death . Much ___MASK14___ the Mass gave new form to vocal music that Bach had composed throughout his career , dating back ( in the case ___MASK14___ the " Crucifixus ") to 1714 , but extensively revised . To complete the work , in the late 1740s Bach composed new sections ___MASK14___ the " Credo " such as " Et incarnatus est ". Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defense ___MASK14___ one ___MASK14___ the border provinces ___MASK14___ the Holy Roman Empire or ___MASK14___ a kingdom . That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Empire , and the title came to be borne by rulers ___MASK14___ some Imperial principalities until the abolition ___MASK14___ the Empire in 1806 ( e . g ., Margrave ___MASK14___ Brandenburg , Margrave ___MASK14___ Baden ). Thereafter , those domains were absorbed in larger realms or the titleholders adopted titles indicative ___MASK14___ full sovereignty . A Margrave finds a direct analogy with the title ___MASK14___ " Exarch " in the late Roman , early Eastern Roman Empire era , i . e . the military commander and governor ___MASK14___ a region at the brink ___MASK14___ the controlled territories . Christian Ludwig ( 14 March 1677 -- 3 September 1734 ) was a Margrave ___MASK14___ Brandenburg and a military officer ___MASK14___ Brandenburg - Prussia ' s Hohenzollern dynasty . The title `` Margrave ___MASK14___ Brandenburg '' was given to princes ___MASK14___ the Prussian Royal House and did not express a territorial or allodial status . He is best known as the recipient ___MASK14___ Johann Sebastian Bach ' s Brandenburg concertos . A governor is , in ___MASK41___ cases , a public official with the power to govern the executive branch ___MASK14___ a non - sovereign or sub - national level ___MASK14___ government , ranking under the head ___MASK14___ state . In federations , " governor " may be the title ___MASK14___ a politician who governs a constituent state and may be either appointed or elected . The power ___MASK14___ the individual governor can vary dramatically between political systems , with some governors having only nominal and largely ceremonial power , while others having a complete control over the entire government . In the ___MASK70___ , an exarch (" exarchos ") was a governor with extended authority over a province at some distance from the capital ___MASK31___ . The prevailing situation frequently involved him in military operations . ___MASK82___ ( Lower Sorbian : " Bramborska ") is one ___MASK14___ the sixteen federated states ___MASK14___ Germany . It lies in the northeast ___MASK14___ the country covering an area ___MASK14___ 29 , 478 square kilometers and has 2 . 48 million inhabitants . The capital and largest city is Potsdam . ___MASK82___ surrounds but does not include the national capital and city - state ___MASK26___ forming a metropolitan area . The Holy ___MASK51___ Empire was a multi - ethnic complex ___MASK14___ territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 . The largest territory ___MASK14___ the empire after 962 was the Kingdom ___MASK14___ Germany , though it also came to include the Kingdom ___MASK14___ Bohemia , the Kingdom ___MASK14___ Burgundy , the Kingdom ___MASK14___ Italy , and numerous other territories . The Goldberg Variations , BWV 988 , is a work written for harpsichord by Johann ___MASK95___ Bach , consisting ___MASK14___ an aria and a set ___MASK14___ 30 variations . First published in 1741 , the work is considered to be one ___MASK14___ the most important examples ___MASK14___ variation form . The " Variations " are named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg , who may have been the first performer . In music , counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent ( polyphony ) yet independent in rhythm and contour . It has been ___MASK41___ commonly identified in the European classical ___MASK7___ , strongly developing during the Renaissance and in much ___MASK14___ the common practice period , especially in the Baroque . The term originates from the Latin " punctus contra punctum " meaning " point against point ". A cantata ( literally " sung ", past participle feminine singular ___MASK14___ the Italian verb " cantare ", " to sing ") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment , typically in several movements , often involving a choir . The ___MASK82___ Concertos by Johann ___MASK95___ Bach ( BWV 1046  1051 , original title : Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments ) are a collection ___MASK14___ six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig , Margrave ___MASK14___ ___MASK82___ - Schwedt , in 1721 ( though probably composed earlier ). They are widely regarded as some ___MASK14___ the best orchestral compositions ___MASK14___ the Baroque era .