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30 Cards in this Set
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Text Painting |
music expresses text |
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Bach's "oratorio" |
not really an oratorio is actually 6 cantatas for the 6 feasts of Christmas |
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Mass in B minor |
Roman Catholic setting of Mass in Latin one of Bach's last pieces written because Bach wanted a specific job |
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Best known work from Cöthen... |
The Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC) - for harpsichord - is a prelude & fugue
2 volumes of WTC Vol 1 - 24 P&F Vol 2 - 24 P&F
organized by ascending order - C Major, C minor, C# Major, C# minor, etc... |
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Bach's best-known chorale prelude is... |
Christ lag in Todesbanden "Christ lay in bonds of Death" chorale for Easter Sunday one of the chorales in "The Little Organ Book" |
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At Weimar... |
first significant position most "BWV" organ compositions from this period in Weimar |
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Bach's passions |
- Bach has 2 complete passions: St. Mathews and St. Johns -Bach's passion text is written by Picandor *there were 4-5 passions but only these two are complete (that we have access to) |
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St. Mathew (The Passion of St. Mathew) |
Bach's passion - pain/anguish - suffering of Christ - very emotional |
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St. John (The Passion of St. John) |
Bach's passion - big picture of good vs. evil - is more objective - criticized as "Anti-Jew" |
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The parts of the fugue: |
Exposition - subject is heard in succession in all voices Episodes - after all voices sing the subject, the subject will develop Stretto - very end of the composition; subject is heard in all voices in rapid succession until the cadence |
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toccata |
Virtuoso pieces and sectional; paired with a fugue |
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orgelbüchlein |
"little organ book"
43 chorale preludes
has preludes for the church calendar year |
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mean-tempered |
tuned to the P5 (perfect fifth) of that instrument |
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well-tempered |
tuned by equa-distant half-steps (equally the same distance between each half-step) |
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Stadtpfeifer |
3 trumpets and timpani |
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At Arnstadt... |
Bach worked until fired He traveled to Lubeck to study with Buxtehude Bach adapted Buxtehude's "style" and the church didn't like it |
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A Passion is... |
- one of 4 gospel accounts of the arrest and death of Christ - sung on Good Friday - has an Evangelist who is a narrator and sung by a tenor - Jesus is sung by a bass - text comes from gospel and from freely-written texts - in Baroque era, passion = dramatic work |
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Erdman Neumeister |
wrote the text to Bach's cantatas |
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Leipzig (city) |
- Bach's third and last major position - kantor for the city - worked at St. Thomas church and school - majority of choral music is from this time |
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cantata |
multi-movement choral work based on a Lutheran chorale number of verses in the chorale = number of movements in cantata last movement is SATB setting of chorale and congregation joins uses text painting |
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Silbermann |
major family of organ builders Bach would "approve" their instruments |
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At Mülhausen... |
the church refused to end Bach's contract (he was the city organist here)
church jailed Bach for a month to keep him from leaving
eventually they let him leave |
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chorale prelude |
- short organ composition - theme is Lutheran chorale melody - chorale is heard one time through -chorale must be heard clearly - used to introduce chorale for that day |
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prelude and fugue |
- prelude is completely free form - fugue is strict form - fugue has a subject (theme) - subject must be heard in all voices in imitation |
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Brandonburg concerti |
6 concerti grossi that Bach sent to Brandonburg 1st movement in Ritornello form (a return) |
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Bach's mature positions were... |
Weimar - concert director/ court organist
Cöthen - Kapellmeister
Leipzig - kantor |
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At Cöthen... |
Lots of instrument works written
works are totally secular |
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Bach's two earliest positions were... |
Arnstadt - as city organist
Mülhausen - as city organist |
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Tracker organ |
a self-contained organ (not like Magale organ) when a key is depressed, there is a lever that opens a pipe for air to rush out designed for church use |
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St. Thomas Church and School |
- in Leipzig - boys 9-19 - been open for 800+ years |
