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Baroque Era Ch 11, 4

Baroque Era Ch 11, 4. Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue Baroque Suite. Johann Sebastian Bach. Church Musician Write music for services Play organ Teach choirs Teach soloists Conduct orchestra, choirs Court Musician Wrote music for entertainment Wrote commissioned pieces School teacher

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Baroque Era Ch 11, 4

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  1. Baroque EraCh 11, 4 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue Baroque Suite

  2. Johann Sebastian Bach Church Musician Write music for services Play organ Teach choirs Teach soloists Conduct orchestra, choirs Court Musician Wrote music for entertainment Wrote commissioned pieces School teacher Organ teacher Organ construction consultant Composer—sacred & secular music Husband/father Don’t write this down!

  3. Bach’s Music Extremely large output Finest quality Great variety of genres keyboard music (organ, harpsichord) concertos sonatas motets cantatas even a Mass! orchestral suites NO OPERA Don’t write this down!

  4. Fugue Instrumental or vocal music polyphonic composition based on only one main theme (subject) Voice parts used to designate lines (top=soprano; bottom=bass) 3-voice, 4-voice, 5-voice, etc. Subject = recurring main melody unity Episode = non-subject music contrast

  5. Voices continue as “decoration.” Subject alone insoprano Subject inalto Subject intenor Subject inbass Picture this fugue: Episode Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

  6. Episode Episode Episode Episode Episodes = digressions, “musical wanderings,” between reappearances of the subject.

  7. Fugue After all voices present the subject, it may reappear in any voice. Listen to the excerpts below:Can you hear the subject and “decoration” as indicated? DecorationSubject Subject Decoration DecorationSubject DecorationSubject Decoration SubjectSubject Decoration

  8. Log Bach Organ Fugue in G Minor Fugue I= 4-voice polyphony Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

  9. Baroque Suite Contrasting dance-inspired mvts (C)for listening, not dancing All mvts in same key (U) Mvt. 1 = serious French Overture (C)(strange way to open)

  10. Log Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, Bourrée Dance Suite Movement I= Driving, exuberant rhythm AABB form Careful control of timbre Helps: Connect KamienKamien Text Listening Guide

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