baroque dances, keyboard suite Flashcards
standard order of the baroque suite
prelude, allemande, corrente, sarabande, gigue
time signatures for baroque suite pieces
prelude=common, allemande, =commmon duple, corrente, = 3/4, sarabande, triple large beats, gigue, compound triple, 6/8
the fugues written for 2 or five voices.
2=wtc I e minor…..5=wtc I , c#
what kind of piece begins each of the english suites?
prelude
name the keys and order of bach’s partitas
Bflat, c minor, a minor, D G e minor
talk about the goldberg variations, in basic terms
aria, every 3rd variation is a canon, the variation after each canon is a genre piece (dance.
-the second variation after the canon, is a toccata like
-the work is in 2 parts, variation 16 begins part 2. French overture.
Variation 30 is quodlibet, which means whateverf
1st canon is unison, 2nd is 2nd, 3rd is 3rd, 4th is at the 4th, and so on until 9th.
important work by kuhnau,
clavier ubung, 7 partitas and 6 biblical sonatas
important work by jkf fischer
, adriadne musicae, 20 preludes and fugues in 19 keys.
what did bach composer in arnstadt
the acppricio, little harpsichord music
what did bach compose in weimar
the toccatas, aria variata
cothen (bach)
toccatas no. 6 and 7, englsh and french suites, chromatic fantasy, wtk 1, anna magdalena’s notebook, inventions and sinfonias
leipzig,
partitas, italian concerto, french overture, wtk 2, goldberg, duetti, musical offering, the art of the fugue.
toccatas always have a fugue,
contrast beween duple meter and faster compound/triple meter.
fugue structure
presentation=the time period during which the fugue appears in all of the voices. –continuation,,,,cadence?
double triple counterpoint
rotate the order of subject and countersubject.
double fugue,
merging two different subjects
arioso,
choral organ sound, church style,
what is easier, french suites, or english suites
french are easiest
allamande,
duple meter, characterized by broken counterpoint
courante
means to run, in italian, 3/4 with faster tempo, less complex, french use 3/2 and hemiola at the cadence
sarabande,
slow dance in three triple meter, used long notes, heavily ornamented
bouree
fast duple meter, drunk dance
gavotte
duple meter
minuet
triple meter
passapied
fast 3/8 or 6/8, feet movement,
polonaise
triple meter
airs,
like songs
louree
moderate dances, 6/4 and dotted rhythms, in common with sarabande
Gigue,
compound meter, freely imitative, not straight fugue, in b section, the subject can be inverted….fast and brilliant…..itialian version is giga,
french suites
easire than english suites, smaller scope,,…lighter character,……..dances mostly in binary form.
english suites
written in cothen, Larger work with longer movement in each dance…prelude always as the opening movement.
partitas,
written in leipzig, bigger works longer works. ……..each piece has introductory, prelude, sinfonia, or toccata, c minor is the only one that does not use gigue,
Ricercare
imitative counterpoint style
fantasia
imitative pieces too, unlike in romantic where the fantasy is a piece with free style and form.
canzona
arrangement of a polyphonic song (from the word chanson)>. usually fugal and imitative, in variation form
toccata
to touch, has more virtuosic elemtn, very sectionalized form, fugal vs thematic idea, generally more stand along and substantial pieces.
prelude
an introductory movement to set the key or mode for the mass service, to establish the key for the suite, free structure. in unmeasured prelude a series of notes.
