Announcements
- Concert Reflection 1 Assignment due this week. Information about Concert Reflection Assignments.
- First Impressions 3 Assignment due next week.
- Quiz 2 next week will cover content from weeks 4–6.
Listenings & Readings
Lecture 6: Instrumental Genres in the Baroque
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier Book I:
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 866 (prelude, fugue)
- Arcangelo Corelli, Trio Sonata in D major, op. 3 no.2 (trio sonata)
- Georg Philipp Telemann, Don Quixote Suite (suite):
- “Don Quixote awakens”
- “His attack on the windmills”
Recitation 6A Listening & Reading (Neff)
Recitation 6B Listening & Reading (Neff)
Recitation 6A Listening & Reading (Goetjen)
Recitation 6B Listening & Reading (Goetjen)
Key Terms
Prelude
An introductory piece.
Fugue
Systematized imitative polyphony, or more specifically, a polyphonic composition for a fixed number of instrumental lines or voices (usually 3 or 4) built on a single principal theme (subject) that is imitated in all of the voices. The form consists of alternating sections, those that have the subject and those that don’t (episodes).
Binary form
Common structure for dance music or other types of instrumental music in the Baroque. A two-part structure in which each part is repeated.
|: a :||: b :| OR a a b b
Suite
A composition inspired by dance music. This multi-movement work references different musical characteristics of dances in each movement. A suite cannot accompany actual dancing; it is music for listening.
Sonata (genre)
It is one of the two major instrumental genres of the Baroque. A work for one instrument is called a solo sonata.
Trio Sonata
A type of Baroque sonata featuring two high-range instruments (usually playing in imitation) + basso continuo
Basso continuo
Bass line played by an instrument that can also play chords, such as a keyboard (organ, harpsichord) or lute. Other instruments, such as a cello, might play the bass line as well. Instruments playing the bass line in a Baroque composition are referred to as the continuo.
