| Dietrich Buxtehude, Chorale Prelude on”Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt” |
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-before 1707
-first line= reference to Christmas is the first and greatest catastrophe in human history
-Adam & Eve eating thee forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge
-ULTIMATE SUBJECT: God’s mercy
– counterpoints
– ascending and descending lines |
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– 1703-1707
-1st full time position= employed at Arnstadt
-Subject, subject answer, exposition, new voice entry, episodes, counterpoint, stretto
-soprano, then alto “at the fifth” (5th up, or 4th down) |
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-style brise (broken style)
– harmonic, “tuneless” idiom |
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– famous for chromatic saturation & harmonic function
-3m subject (slurs)–> every degree of chromatic scale
–>tones & semitones
–> appoggiatures
–> Seufzer= “sighs” or “groans” |
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| Bach, French Suite No. 5 in G |
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1715
1. Allemande- 4/4
2. Courante- 3/x
3. Sarabande- 3/4 (slow and groups of 4)
4. Gavotte-2 pick up notes (in 4 or 2)
5. Bourree- 1 pick up note (in 4 or 2)
6. Loure- in 3; slow; sicilliano
7. Gigue- quick, phrase, often fugue, unpredictable |
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| Francois Couperin, The Nightingale in Love, Double |
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1722
– not a dance, but character piece–> “portrait in tones”
-Subject- bird
-ornaments= imitation of bird singing
-bird is experiencing human emotions, musical imitation
-rococo
–> rock work and shell work |
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| Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5 I |
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1721
-3 part ritornello
-concerto for flute, violin and organ protagonist; rest=ripieno
– cadenza: harpsichord alone without instruments= ‘high baroque” concerto rep
– capriccio |
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| Bach, Chorale Prelude on “Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt” |
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-first line= reference to Christmas is the first and greatest catastrophe in human history
-Adam & Eve eating thee forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge
-ULTIMATE SUBJECT: God’s mercy
– pedal part |
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| Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5 II |
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-marked affettuoso
–> slow and in the relative minor key
-chamber music; trio sonata
–> left hand: continuo part
–> right hand: joins left to accompany the other soloists at the imitative beginnings of sections |
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| Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 III |
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-combination of fugue, gigue, concerto
-strict ABA |
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