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Bach Brandenburg Concerto Flashcards

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Period

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Baroque

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Genre

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Concerto Grosso

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What’s in the concertino?

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Flute, violin, and harpsichord

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What’s in the ripieno?

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Second violin, viola, celo and contrabasso

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What’s special about the harpsichord in this piece?

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This concerto is the first ever to feature a solo harpsichord part

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6
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What two parts does the harpsichord play?

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Solo instrument and an accompanying role in the basso continuo

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What is the structure?

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Ternary form (ABA)

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What key is section A in?

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D major

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What key is section B in?

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B minor

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What is section A like?

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A Fugue, it is a fugato in D major.

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What is a fugue?

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A tune in which the opening subject is taken up in turn by the other instruments. Each new part enters in imitation of the previous part, overlapping with it, often at a higher or lower pitch.

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What is section B like?

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It begins and ends in B minor and has a ritornello structure in which episodes based on just the first four notes of the subject alternate in ritornelli of other material from section A

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13
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What is ritornelli?

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Little returns

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Is the second section A a direct repeat of the first section A?

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Apart from the D major chord at the start of bar 233, it is a repeat of the opening fugato. It is a ‘da capo’ form of ternary structure

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15
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What key is the movement in?

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D major

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16
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How does Bach create contrast?

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Changes in texture

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17
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Where does section A include modulations to?

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The dominant (A major)

18
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How is the key of the B section related to the key of the A section?

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The B section is in B minor which is the relative minor of D major, the key of the A section.

19
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What does the B section include modulations to?

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The dominant (F# minor) and A major

20
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What is the entire movement based on?

A

Triadic and scalic ideas heard in the first few bars

21
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How does section B start?

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With the opening 4 notes of section A transposed up from D major to B minor

22
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How is the accompaniment in section B similar to Section A?

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The rippling quavers that accompany the flute at the start of section B are similar to the accompaniment section found in bar 5 (A section)

23
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What melodic device is frequently used in the piece?

A

Sequences

24
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What type of ornaments are frequently used?

A

The trill and appoggiatura

25
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What is the tempo?

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Allegro (fast) and it doesn’t change

26
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What is weird about the tempo?

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It is written in 2/4 time but sounds like 6/8 due to the triplet quavers

27
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What dance is the music in the style of?

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A Gigue (it is generally in 6/8 time)

28
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What sort of rhythms are very prominent?

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Triplets and dotted rhythms, plus semiquavers in the harpsichord part

29
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What texture are bars 1-2 and bars 233-234?

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Monophonic

30
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What is the general texture of the piece?

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Contrapuntal with frequent use of imitation

31
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What could the texture of section A be described as?

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Fugual, but IT IS NOT A FUGUE

32
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What starts in bar 64, just before the end of the A section?

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A stretto (close imitation)

33
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Where does the contrabasso play?

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In the tutti sections, mainly doubling the cello

34
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How do the flute and violin work together?

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They sometimes double (33-44) or play in parallel thirds (107-114)

35
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How does Bach create contrast with texture?

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.The opening 4 part texture contrasts with the following more fully textured tutti
.The harpsichord solo in bars 163-176 has only a two-part canonic texture
.A free canon (between the flute and violin) begins in bar 193

36
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Is their many dynamics?

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No instead Bach uses changes in texture to achieve the same effect, as many Baroque composers did

37
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What sort of dynamics are generally used?

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Terraced dynamics

38
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What sort of chords are played?

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.Simple diatonic chords
.triads in the root or first position
.dominant sevenths in root or inversion

39
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How does Bach create melodic decoration?

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.Appogiaturas and suspensions

40
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Does Bach make use of pedals?

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Tonic and dominant pedals outline the various changes of key in the B section

41
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What does each of the 3 main sections end with?

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A perfect cadence

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