J.S. Bach: Cantata Ein feste Burg, BWV 80: movements 1, 2, 8
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- Created on: 21-01-18 22:47
J.S. Bach: Cantata Ein feste Burg, BWV 80: movements 1, 2, 8
Instrumentation
First movement:
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SATB choir
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Tutti orchestra
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Vocal lines are doubled by the orchestra
Second movement:
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Duet for soprano and bass
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String accompaniment
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Solo oboe
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The oboe doubles the soprano vocal lines
Eighth movement:
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SATB choir
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Orchestral accompaniment
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The Orchestral accompaniment exactly doubles the vocal lines.
Texture
First movement:
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Polyphonic
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Fugal style
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Counter melody
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Canon between the oboes
Second movement:
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Melody dominated homophony
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Polyphonic when soprano and bass comes in
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Heterophonic texture with the soprano and oboe part
Eighth movement:
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Homophonic
Melody
First movement:
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Based on the hymn tune by Martin Luther
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Conjunct with only small leaps from a fourth or fifth
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Ascending sequences within the violins
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Diatonic
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Some chromaticism
Second movement:
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Soloists’ lines are scalic
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Bass line highly scalic with melismatic running semiquavers
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Some sequences
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Trills within the oboe…
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