MUH 3211 - Music History I Vocal Music, 1650-1750 11/17/2018 Chapter Nine Vocal Music, 1650-1750 DAY 32 (20 Nov 17)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Born into family of musicians (from 1400s!) Organist, etc. Arnstadt, Mühlhausen, Weimar, Cöthen (organist & instrumental conductor) 1722 – Leipzig – Cantor of St. Thomas (church music) – to end of his life! All genres except opera Two wives, 20 children (!)
Thomaskirche (Leipzig)
J.S. Bach’s Cantatas Over 300 cantatas Three complete church cycles (50+ per year!) in Leipzig (starting 1723) Composed, copied, rehearsed & performed (Every week) 4 choirs in 4 churches (rotating weekly) Based in weekly Bible readings & texts Chorale tunes (Luther) Mixture of movements - Choral ritornello - recitative & aria (d.c.) - duets, etc. - Chorale (4 part harmonization) Anth I/88 (complete)
MUH 3211 - Music History I Instrumental Music, 1600-1750 11/17/2018 Chapter Ten Instrumental Music, 1600-1750 DAY 32 (20 Nov 17)
Violin (in the Baroque Era) Bass-bar smaller & lighter Neck – less angled (lower tension on strings) Bridge – lower (& flatter) Fingerboard – shorter (reducing upper range) Pre-Tourte bow Modern vs. Baroque Violin
Wind Instruments (Baroque) MUH 3211 - Music History I Wind Instruments (Baroque) 11/17/2018 Recorder (flauto) Flauto traverso (German flute) Oboe Bassoon DAY 32 (20 Nov 17)
Brass & Percussion (Baroque) Trumpet Horn Trombone Timpani Baroque Orchestra - Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Keyboards (Baroque) Clavichord Harpsichord Pianoforte – invented c. 1709 Organ - Cornell’s Baroque Organ Project From the Clavichord to the Modern Piano (Pt 1 of 2) [Pt 2 follows end of video]