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Johannes Sebastian Bach

Baroque Period 1600-1750. Johannes Sebastian Bach. 1685-1750. Attended the Lateinschule which taught a Protestant curriculum of Lutheran belief (think of the Methodist foundation of education at Asbury College). Bach was a profoundly Christian composer who wrote church music.

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Johannes Sebastian Bach

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  1. Baroque Period 1600-1750 Johannes Sebastian Bach 1685-1750

  2. Attended the Lateinschule which taught a Protestant curriculum of Lutheran belief (think of the Methodist foundation of education at Asbury College).

  3. Bach was a profoundly Christian composer who wrote church music.

  4. Only legitimate reasons to write music were:a)praise Godb) “permissible” refreshment of the mind & spirit

  5. Fugue

  6. from the Latin “fugo”, or “fuga” meaning to flee, or flight.

  7. fugue consists of a successive entry of musical voices –one at a time– into a type of “dialogue”.

  8. Texture in MusicPolyphonic: Two melodies (voices) issued at same time—layered.Homophonic: One single melody sung by all—Gregorian ChantsHomophonic: Single melody accompanied by chord structures

  9. fugue is polyphonic!Not many restsmusic is constantmusic does not change in loudness or pitch that much

  10. fugue is textural – many layers of voices – and can be very complex

  11. fugue is a discussion among equal voices:Counterpoint/Countersubject

  12. Baroque music of Bach, esp. fugues and preludes:have little dynamic markingsconstant sense of motion (rhythmically they seem to be in constant motion)have a non-linear sense of direction (esp. fugues)—non-melodic

  13. Canon: one voice is accompanied by another voice which has the exact same notes in the exact same sequence. (only the intervals change as voices enter.)

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