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
5
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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)
6
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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
8
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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
