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Baroque Era Ch 11, 4, 12, 13

Baroque Era Ch 11, 4, 12, 13. Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue Baroque Suite Chorale Chorale Prelude Cantata. Johann Sebastian Bach. Church Musician Write music for services Play organ Teach choirs Teach soloists Conduct orchestra, choirs Court Musician Wrote music for entertainment

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Baroque Era Ch 11, 4, 12, 13

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  1. Baroque EraCh 11, 4, 12, 13 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue Baroque Suite Chorale Chorale Prelude Cantata

  2. Johann Sebastian Bach Church Musician Write music for services Play organ Teach choirs Teach soloists Conduct orchestra, choirs Court Musician Wrote music for entertainment Wrote commissioned pieces School teacher Organ teacher Organ construction consultant Composer—sacred & secular music Husband/father Don’t write this down!

  3. Bach’s Music Extremely large output Finest quality Great variety of genres keyboard music (organ, harpsichord) concertos sonatas motets cantatas even a Mass! orchestral suites NO OPERA Don’t write this down!

  4. Fugue Instrumental or vocal music polyphonic composition based on only one main theme (subject) Voice parts used to designate lines (top=soprano; bottom=bass) 3-voice, 4-voice, 5-voice, etc. Subject = recurring main melody unity Episode = non-subject music contrast

  5. Voices continue as “decoration.” Subject alone insoprano Subject inalto Subject intenor Subject inbass Picture this fugue: Episode Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

  6. Episode Episode Episode Episode Episodes = digressions, “musical wanderings,” between reappearances of the subject.

  7. Fugue After all voices present the subject, it may reappear in any voice. Listen to the excerpts below:Can you hear the subject and “decoration” as indicated? DecorationSubject DecorationSubject Subject Decoration DecorationSubject Decoration SubjectSubject Decoration

  8. Log Bach Organ Fugue in G Minor Fugue I= 4-voice polyphony Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

  9. Baroque Suite Contrasting dance-inspired mvts (C)for listening, not dancing All mvts in same key (U) Mvt. 1 = serious French Overture (C)(strange way to open)

  10. Log Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, Bourrée Dance Suite Movement I= Driving, exuberant rhythm AABB form Careful control of timbre Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

  11. Chorale Hymn for congregational singing easy to sing easy to remember Homophonic in German Strophic Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

  12. (of course!) Chorale Prelude Played on organ Uses: as introduction to congregation’s singing of chorale as prelude music before service A chorale “decorated,” i.e., woven into a more elaborate piece

  13. Think about it… Furniture, machines, architectural components, musical instruments (e.g., pipe organ)—all highly decorated, become beautiful works of visual art as well as useful devices… Shrubbery is pruned into visually interesting, exotic shapes (topiary)… A simple chorale for congregational singing is woven into an elaborate, more complex, and lengthier piece of music… See a pattern here?

  14. Cantata multi-movement, lengthy chorus, soloists, orchestra, organ most sacred, some secular Large-scale work in German usually based on Sunday’s scripture many based on familiar chorales Usefulness in worship VIMP

  15. Cantata Bach’s output = HUGE (>350) variety style performing forces highest artistic standards sincere religious devotion

  16. Log Bach Cantata #140, (Wachet auf ) Sacred cantata I= Mvt 4: 2 highly contrasting ideascombined in Ritornello-like organization Mvt 7: simple homophonic chorale Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

  17. Wachet auf chorale melody Zi - sing - hört Wäch- ter on die en

  18. Wachet auf, Mvt 4 combines 2 highly contrasting ideas: faster R & angular gestures Orchestra plays complex “decoration” sin------ hört die Wäch-ter gen----- on Zi - Tenors sing simple chorale melody slower R & smooth arched phrases

  19. Wachet auf, Mvt 4 Form: Decor Decor Decor Decor Chorale Chorale Chorale Chorale Decor Decor Decor Decor Decor Decor = musical “decoration” (see previous slide) This movement’s structure is essentially ritornello form. How does it differ from the Brandenburg ritornello form? Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide Name the elements or events that create UNITY. Name the elements or events that create CONTRAST.

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