3. What Makes a Work of Art Great?

6. [chorale=Lutheran Hymn]

8. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata, “Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”

9. I. Bach, The Difficult?? A.Bach’s Melodies B.Bach’s Harmony C. Density of Bach’s Musical ThoughtDensity of Bach’s Musical Thought

11. I. Bach, The Difficult?? A.Bach’s Melodies B.Bach’s Harmony C. Density of Bach’s Musical ThoughtDensity of Bach’s Musical Thought D. Bach’s Mastery of Imitative Counterpoint

13. I. Bach, The Difficult?? A.Bach’s Melodies B.Bach’s Harmony C. Density of Bach’s Musical Thought D. Bach, The Master of Imitative Counterpoint

14. II. Bach, the Working Stiff?? A. Weimar (Organist) - 1708-1717 Organ Music 1.One of originators of modern keyboard technique (e.g. thumb under other fingers) 2. One of originators of modern pedal technique on organ

15. II. Bach, the Working Stiff?? (cont.) B. Cöthen (Chapel Master) - 1717-1723 Instrumental Music

16. II. Bach, the Working Stiff?? (cont.) C. Leipzig (Cantor) - 1723 - 1750 Sacred Music 1.Bach’s main genre of sacred music: cantata ( e.g., Wachet auf: Awake a Voice is Calling )

17. II. Bach, the Working Stiff?? (Summary) D. JSB’s principal Types of Composition 1. Keyboard Music 2. Other Instrumental Music 3. Sacred Music, esp. cantata

18. III. Bach, Teacher and Musical Encyclopedist?? A. 6 Brandenburg Concertos = 6 concerti grossi B. 6 Sonatas/Partitas for Solo violin & 6 Suites for ‘Cello C. 6 English Suites, 6 French Suites, 6 Partitas for Harpsichord (Suite=group of baroque dances) D. 2 Books of the Well-Tempered Clavier: each = 24 Preludes & Fugues for Keyboard E. The Goldberg Variations = variations for harpischord F. The Art of the Fugue

19. IV. Bach and the Lutheran Church Cantata c. Sectional: movements, or independent sections A.Cantata Types 1. Solo Cantata 2. Lutheran Church Cantata 1) Choruses 2) Arias (for soloists) 3) Recitatives (for soloists) 4) Chorales ( Lutheran hymns ) a. Musical centerpiece of Lutheran worship. b. Involves: soloists (often >1); chorus; instruments a. Often secular; 1 vocal soloist + b.c. (sometimes1 or 2 other instr.)

20. V.Bach Cantata #140: Wachet auf ( Awake, A Voice Is Calling ) A. Chorale Cantata (i.e., based on the text and music of the main hymn) B. Structure of “Wachet auf”=7 mvmts. 1. **Chorale verse I (chorus) CD 1/21-22 2. Recit 3.Aria (Duet) 4.**Chorale verse II (tenor aria) CD 2/1 5.Recit. 6.Aria (Duet) 7.**Chorale verse III (simple chorale) CD2/2

21. V. Bach Cantata #140: Wachet auf C. Bach’s Chorales (=Lutheran Hymns) 1. Set for 4 voices (SATB) 2. Melody (not by Bach) in top voice (Sopr.) 3. Block Homophonic Texture 4. Bar Form (AAB) A.Chorale Cantata (i.e., based on the text and music of the main hymn) B. Structure of “Wachet auf”

22. VI. Movement 7: Gloria sei dir, Simple Chorale Setting Wright CD #2/2 AA B 1 2 31 2 34 5 6 7 8 3 1. Set for 4 voices (SATB) 2. Melody in top voice (Sop.) 3. Block Homophonic Texture 4. Bar Form (AAB)

23. 2 3 45 (identical) 67 (sequence) 3 Mvmt. 7: “Wachet auf” Simple Chorale Setting A. 8 1 B.

24. VII. Movement I, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

29. Music in Accessible, Popular Style Today’s Sermon Hymn Learned Counterpoint Abstract, Scientific, or Universal Pattern Intellectual Challenge: All of this unfolding simultaneously

30. 1. 1724: Different Listeners/Different Experiences 2. 2011: Appeal Today 3. 20??: Rich enough for a new experience next time Great Art: so rich with meanings that they are nearly inexhaustible