Bach-Brandonburg Concerto Flashcards

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Bach:Background information (4)

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  • baroque era
  • 1600-1750
  • concertino (group of soloists)
  • chamber music (small group of musicians)
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Bach:Typical of baroque era (5)

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  • ornamentation
  • start of major/minor keys
  • diatonic harmony
  • basso continuo
  • different textures used d
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Bach:form and structure (3)

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  • ternary form (ABA-fugato, ritonello, fugato)
  • opening fugato begins in fugal style
  • B section contains a new theme which is similar to the fugal style theme
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Bach:harmony (6)

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  • diatonic
  • perfect cadences
  • functional
  • standard chords
  • root position and first inversion chords
  • suspensions
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Bach:melody (4)

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  • mostly conjunct with some leaps
  • rising sequences
  • Scalic runs
  • ornaments (trills and grace notes)
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Bach:tonality (3)

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  • a section is D major
  • b section is B minor
  • modulates often to dominant:A major, and the dominant of A major :E major
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Bach:texture (7)

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  • polyphonic
  • use of limitation
  • Fugal style, not a fugue but uses fugal techniques
  • sometimes the flute and violin play in unison
  • All solo instruments play 4 part counterpoint
  • harpsichord plays 2 part counterpoint
  • start of the B section: tonic pedal
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Bach:dynamics (2)

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  • few dynamic markings

- no harpsichord dynamics as it couldn’t play different dynamics

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Bach:rhythm and metre (5)

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  • metre is 2/4
  • lots of triplets and dotted rhythms
  • harpsichord has lots of fast semiquaver runs
  • the first melody idea starts with an anacruisis
  • because of the large numbers of triplets, the piece could be in 6/8
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Bach:instruments (5)

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  • harpsichord, violin, solo flute, string orchestra
  • string orchestra plays a ripieno
  • concertino: group of solo instruments
  • Bach broke tradition by making the harpsichord virtuosic with fast scalic runs and trills in both hands at once
  • the baroque flute was made of wood
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