Structure

Question 1

Structure features of All Movements

Answer 1

Structure in the three prescribed movements are dictated by the chorale melody

Question 2

Structure features of Movement One

Answer 2

Movement One takes each phrase in turn and presents it first in a fugal working-out in the vocal parts before rounding it off with a canonic version for oboes and violone

Question 3

Structure features of Movement Two

Answer 3

Movement Two uses Ritornello form, i.e. a theme recurs at various points throughout the movement (upper strings), sometimes touching on different keys. Imposed on this scheme are statements of the Chorale (soprano) with a different ‘parallel’ text in the bass

Question 4

Structure features of Movement Eight

Answer 4

Movement Eight: a nine-line chorale, with repetitions (e.g. phrase 4 uses the same music as phrase 2, and phrase 9 has the same melodic line)

Question 5

Examples for Wider Listening for Bach Structure