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Chapter 10 of History
Bach
10
Music
Undergraduate 3
10/04/2015

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Dietrich Buxtehude, Chorale Prelude on"Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt"
Definition
-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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Bach, Fugue in G minor
Definition
- 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)
Term
Bach, CM prelude
Definition
-style brisé (broken style)
- harmonic, "tuneless" idiom
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Bach, Bm fugue
Definition
- 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
Definition
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
Term
François Couperin, The Nightingale in Love, Double
Definition
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
Term
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5 I
Definition
1721
-3 part ritornello
-concerto for flute, violin and organ protagonist; rest=ripieno
- cadenza: harpsichord alone without instruments= 'high baroque" concerto rep
- capriccio
Term
Bach, Chorale Prelude on "Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt"
Definition
-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
Term
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5 II
Definition
-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
Definition
-combination of fugue, gigue, concerto
-strict ABA
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