unit ii - class 12
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Bach
Bach
Christian Ludwig
Margrave of Brandenburg
Vivaldi
Brandenburg Concertos (1721)
Bach Suites• Orchestral Suites (1725-39)
Strings:• Partitas for Solo Violin (1720)• Cello Suites (c. 1720)
Keyboard:• English Suites (1720)• French Suites (1722-25)• Partitas (1722-25)
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Movement Scheme:• Prelude• Allemande• Courante• Sarabande• Minuets 1 and 2• Gigue
FUGUEA polyphonic composition (usually involving three or more lines) in which a “Subject” is stated, and elaborated according to the rules of strict counterpoint
Structure: Alternation of:
Subject Entries – a passage where the subject is clearly stated in one or more voices
and Episodes – digressive passages (usually moving to new keys) which may develop motives from the subject, or may be based on new material
Terms: Exposition – refers to a musical passage which contains successive subject entries in all the
voices
Stretto – refers to the technique of overlapping subject entries, where a new voice begins the subject before the previous voice has finished it
Fugue
Wassily Kandinsky
The Well-Tempered Clavier (Book 1: 1722)
Collection of Preludes and Fugues for keyboard (probably intended for harpsichord) in the 24 possible Major and Minor keys
Displays a rich variety of compositional and stylistic techniques
Preludes vary in character from light introductions to probing, lyrical pieces
Fugues demonstrate a total mastery of the high-Baroque contrapuntal idiom, and an unexpected array of expressive states
Europe in the Early 18th Century
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