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Brandenburg Concerto No.5 3rd Movement- JS Bach (Background Context (JS…
Brandenburg Concerto No.5 3rd Movement- JS Bach
Background Context
JS Bach- Choir master, organist in Germany and most of his work was sacred.
Musicians during that time- Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell
Composed between 1711-1720
Written during the Baroque Period (1600-1720)
PATRONAGE- commissioning music by aristocracy/ royalty.
Development of strings: Viols-Violins/Cellos
Instrumentation
Concertino (Solo Group)
Flute (Flauto)
Main Violin (Violino Principale)
Continuo
Harpsichord (Cembalo)
Cello (plays the Figure Bass
Ripieno (Tutti)
Other strings that join in
Melody
MELODIC SEQUENCES (bars 137-139)
Mainly CONJUNCT
Some perfect 4th intervals
Baroque music had very ORNAMENTED melodies
Trills
Turns
Mordents
Appogiaturas
TRILLS to fill the gap where harpsichord cannot sustain notes.
In the style of a FUGUE
Harmony/Tonality
Starts in D major
Bar 79- Change in key to B minor (relative minor)
Use of Perfect Cadences
Bar 148- A major (Dominant key), preparing a return to tonic (D major)
Identifying SUSPENSIONS (bar 119), its prepared, sounded and then resolved downward step
Structure
Ternary Form (ABA)
A: 1-78, B: 79-232 (v), A: 233-end
Texture
ANTIPHONY- dialogue between 2 groups (concertinio+ripieno)
MONOPHONIC subject, followed by a tonal answer (not an exact copy)
Counter subject (Violin)/ Two part counter point
POLYPHONIC/Contrapuntal
TERRACED DYNAMICS- 2 levels of dynamics
Rhythm/Metre/Tempo
2/4 but has a feel of 6/8 due to TRIPLETS
Feel of a baroque GIGUE which was 6/8 (dance like texture)
Lots of DOTTED RHYTHMS.
VIRTUOSIC SEMIQUAVERS played by harpsichord
TRILLS to fill the gap where harpsichord cannot sustain notes.