chapter 10: the late baroque: bach
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Chapter 10: The Late Baroque: Bach. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Career: Weimer (1708-1717), organist Cöthen (1717-1723), court composer, conductor Leipzig (1723-1750), cantor Reputation Renowned as an organ virtuoso Most famous for cantatas and fugues - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 10: The Late Baroque: Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• Career:– Weimer (1708-1717), organist– Cöthen (1717-1723), court composer, conductor– Leipzig (1723-1750), cantor
• Reputation– Renowned as an organ virtuoso – Most famous for cantatas and fugues– Greatest composer of counterpoint
Fugue• A composition with three or more parts, vocal or
instrumental• Begins with successive statements of the subject• Continues with alternations of subject and episodes• Subject: • Exposition: • Episode:
Organ Fugue in G Minor (c. 1710)• Written while Bach was court organist and chamber
musician for the duke of Weimar• Four “voices”: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
• Use of a pedal point:
Bach’s Orchestral Music• Cöthen• Wrote the bulk of his orchestral music
The Brandenburg Concertos (1715-1721)• Presented to prospective employer Margrave Christian
Ludwig of Brandenburg • Set of concerto grossi • Brandenburg Concerto No. 5– Concertino in this piece: solo violin, flute, harpsichord– Use of cadenza:
The Church Cantata• 1723, Bach assumed the position of cantor of Saint
Thomas’s Church and choir school in Leipzig• Church cantata:
Wacht auf, ruft uns die Stimme(Awake, A Voice is Calling, 1731)
• Written for the Sunday before Advent • Text from the Gospel of Matthew• Based on a traditional chorale of the Lutheran church– Chorale:
• Seven movements
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Choruschorale
1st stanza
Recitative Aria(duet)
Choruschorale
2nd
stanza
Recitative Aria(duet)
Choruschorale
1st stanza