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15 Cards in this Set
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Bach's duties at Leipzig
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Compose music for two churches, prepare boys for music needed by Council, hire someone to teach what he could not, funerals with boys, teach vocal and instrumental music to boys.
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CPE Bach's opinion of father
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Father knew everything about organ, how to build, how stops worked, master of tuning both orchestras and harpsichords, master of acoustics, violing, composer, singer
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Obituary
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Bach didn't seek out fame, he was content where he was. Took a journey on foot to hear Buxtehude, was an amazing improvisor, had eye surgery that went badly, and he was the greatest organ player ever.
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Bach Werke Verzeichnis BMW
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Schmeider's Bach Thematic Catalogue
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Martin Luther
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started Reformation. Only faith is important. Not ritual, penance, or good work. Only Scripture is true. Wante people to participate more in liturgy. Mass is vernacular. Musician.
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Erdmann Neumeister
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Poetic texts set as recitatives, arias, chorale settings, choruses,and arioso that brought home the meaning of the day's Gospel reading. Cantata
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Chorale cantata
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Bach-based on chorales
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Chorale
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started as metric, rhymed strophic poem and melody in a simple rhthym, sung in unison, later 4 parts
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Strophic
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Same music-different text
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Cantional style
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polyphonic setting of choral tune in highest voice acc. by block chords with little counterpoint
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Choral Prelude
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introduction before congregation sings the chorale
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Orgelbuchlein
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Little Organ book-JS Bach, 45 short choral preludes, how to develop a chorale and improve pedal technique
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St. Matthew Passion
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has rec. aria, ensemble, shoruses, shorales, and orch. accomp.
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B mionor Mass
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Catholic Mass Ordinary stuff he had already written
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One on a part
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Theory proposed by Joshua Rifkin
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