Ch 11 12 13 Johann Sebastian Bach Baroque Suite Chorale Chorale Prelude Cantata Johann Sebastian Bach Church Musician Write music for services Play organ Teach choirs Teach soloists ID: 233599
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Baroque EraCh 11, 12, 13
Johann Sebastian Bach
Baroque
Suite
Chorale
Chorale Prelude
CantataSlide2
Johann Sebastian BachChurch Musician
Write music for services
Play organ
Teach choirsTeach soloistsConduct orchestra, choirsCourt MusicianWrote music for entertainmentWrote commissioned piecesSchool teacherOrgan teacherOrgan construction consultantComposer—sacred & secular musicHusband/father
Don’t write this down!Slide3
Bach’s MusicExtremely large output
Finest quality
Great variety of genres
keyboard music (organ, harpsichord)concertossonatasmotetscantataseven a Mass!orchestral suitesNO OPERADon’t write this down!Slide4
Baroque SuiteContrasting dance-inspired
mvts
(C)
for listening, not dancingAll mvts in same key (U)Mvt. 1 = serious French Overture (C)(strange way to open)Slide5
Overview
Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major,
BourréeDance Suite MovementI=Driving, exuberant rhythmAABB formCareful control of timbreHelps:Connect Kamien
Kamien
Text Listening GuideSlide6
ChoraleHymn for congregational singing
easy to sing
easy to remember
Homophonicin GermanStrophicHelps:Connect KamienKamien Text Listening GuideSlide7
Chorale PreludePlayed on organ
Uses:
as introduction to congregation’s singing of chorale
as prelude music before service
(of course!)
A chorale “decorated,”
i.e., woven into a more
elaborate pieceSlide8
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?Slide9
Cantatamulti-movement, lengthy
chorus, soloists, orchestra, organ
most sacred, some secular
Large-scaleworkUsefulnessin worshipVIMP
in German
usually based on Sunday’s scripture
many based on familiar choralesSlide10
CantataBach’s output = HUGE (>350)
variety
style
performing forceshighest artistic standardssincere religious devotionSlide11
LogBach
Cantata #140, (
Wachet auf
) Sacred cantataI=Mvt 4: 2 highly contrasting ideas combined in Ritornello-like organizationMvt 7: simple homophonic chorale
Helps:
Connect
Kamien
Kamien
Text Listening GuideSlide12
Wachet auf chorale melody
Zi -
on
hörtdie
W
ä
ch-
ter
sing -
enSlide13
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hört die Wäch-ter gen-----
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Zi - Tenors sing simple chorale melodyWachet
auf
,
Mvt
4
combines
2 highly contrasting ideas:
faster R
& angular
gestures
Orchestra plays complex “decoration”
slower R & smooth arched phrasesSlide14
Wachet auf, Mvt 4
Name the elements or events that create UNITY.
Name the elements or events that create CONTRAST.
Form:This movement’s structure is similar to ritornello form.How does it differ from the Brandenburg ritornello form?
Decor = musical “decoration” (see previous slide)
Decor
Chorale
Decor
Helps:
Connect
Kamien
Kamien
Text Listening Guide
Decor
Chorale
Decor
Decor
Decor
Chorale
Decor
Decor
Decor
Chorale