A Discussion On The Influence Of Foreign Elements In Some Of Johann Sebastian Bach's Instrumental Music

Creatively, Johann Sebastian Bach combined the foreign elements that he absorbed from Italian and French music with the traditional music art in Germany. This article will give a discussion on the foreign elements in some of Bach's instrumental music by illustration, quotation, induction and synthetic analysis, etc.The thesis is composed of four chapters. From two aspects, that is, the project selection reasons and the comprehensive study description, Chapter One gives an introduction to the reasons of the project selection, the current situation of the project research and how to carry out the research; Chapter Two provides an explanation on the forming foundation of the foreign elements in some of Bach's instrumental music, including the spread of the foreign musical art in Germany (the spread of Italian and French musical art in Germany) and the influence of Bach's personal factors (Bach's learning of German traditional music and his admiration of the foreign cultural art); on the basis of the demonstration of music body, beginning from the influence of Italian and French musical elements in Bach's instrumental music, Chapter Three gives a detailed description on the manifestation of the foreign elements in some of his instrumental music; by discussing the basic point of the national elements in Bach's music and the influence of Bach's music on later generations, Chapter Four offers a further interpretation on the comprehension of the merging of the foreign elements in some of Bach's instrumental music, in order to deepen our understanding of Bach's creativity in his instrumental music.