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Johann Sebastian Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto #5
- - Concertino: violin, flute, and harpsichord
- a)harpsichord treated as a soloist
- b) idiomatic writing
- c) baroque melody
- -First movement in Ritornello form
- a)nine ritornello sections
- b) Ritornello theme divided into two parts, A and B
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
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Johann Sebastian Bach
- Career
- -Weimar (1708-1717), organist
- -Cothen (1717-1723), court composer, conductor
- -Leipzig (1723-
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(Cothen 1717-1723)
- The Church Cantata
- - a multimovement sacred work including arias, ariosos, recitatives performed by vocal soloists, chorus, and a small orchestra
- -part of a church service
- -no staging or costumes
- - text from gospel
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1717-1723)
- Cantata: AWAKE, A VOICE IS CALLING
- - three movements for chorus
- - based on a traditional chorale
- *chorale: German hymn tune
- Movements use chorale tune and text
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Awake, a voice is calling
first movement is a chorale fantasy
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George Frideric Handel
- 1685-1759
- Reputation
- -most famous composer in Europe
- -a national institution in England
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George Frideric Handel
- Career
- -Hamburg(1703-1706)
- -Italy (1706-1710)
- *Opera
- -Hanover (1710)
- -London (1710-1759)
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George Frideric Handel
London
- Dance Suite
- - a collection of instrumental dances
- *usually four to seven movements
- =each has a distinctive rhythm and character
- =bianary form (a and b)
- *intended as concert music, not to accompany dancing
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George Frideric Handel
- Water Music 1717
- composed for a public entertainment
- an immediate success
- minuet and trio
- -minuet is a moderate, triple meter dance
- -followed by another dance called a trio
- -the minuet is then repeated creating an ABA (ternary) form
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