chapter 11 Bach Flashcards
1
Q
Johann sebastian Bach
- years
- what was he
- visited
- what happened in 1750
A
- 1685-1750
- music director
- Weimar, Cothen, Leipzig
- became blind
2
Q
what did he write in Weimar
A
Little Fugue in G minor
3
Q
what did he write in Cothen
A
Brandenburg Concertos
4
Q
what did he write in Leipzig
A
lived there for 25 years and wrote 295+ cantatas
5
Q
Bach’s influences
-3 things
A
- French dances (suites)
- Italian concertos (Vivaldi and Brandenburg concertos)
- German church music (cantatas and organ music)
6
Q
suite
- definition
- baroque suite
- dances are what
- ex
A
- a multi-movement work
- movements are contrasting dances
- stylized
- Bach cello suites, orchestral suites and keyboard suites
7
Q
When Bach lived in Leipzig
- # of churches
- music for
- what school
- what did he do
A
- 4
- chorus, soloists, and orchestra for each sunday and holiday of the church year
- St. thomas
- judged the construction of organs
8
Q
chorale
- definition
- where is it from
- texture
- used where for what
A
- hymn sung to a german religious text
- Luther’s Protestant reformation
- homophonic
- in lutheran service for social event of the week and small orch and choir
9
Q
cantata
- definition
- for what
- based on
- what is it like
- language
A
- a religious composition in several movements
- chorus, vocal soloist, organ and orch.
- a chorale
- biblical opera but w/o a set
- German/vernacular
10
Q
cantata No. 140
- name
- what is it
- 2 types
A
- Wake, arise the voices call us
- parable of the 10 virgins
- VII and IV
11
Q
VII
- type
- form
- texture
A
- chorale
- AAB
- homophonic
12
Q
IV
- who is it for
- type of melody
- who plays ritornelo
A
- tenors and orch
- chorale melody in tenor
- strings
