Bach Cantata
- Created by: Hazel Rimmer
- Created on: 18-06-13 18:32
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- Bach
- Worked at the Thomaschule - where the boys for the cantata came from
- Ich elender mensch ' oh wretched man'
- Chorales are German hymn tunes
- Used for the services of the Lutheran Church
- Written in 1723
- Use of forces: choir
- String section
- Organ (use of continuo) - figured bass
- Trumpet and 2 oboes
- In G minor
- Slow tempo
- Minor sixth opening - word painting
- Rising quaver pattern symbolises hope - then downward leap
- 7-6 suspension falling by a semitone in bar 2
- False relations in bars 4 and 5
- Word painting on 'deathly' 'todes' downward leaps
- Work for voices with instrumental accomp.
- Cantus firmus
- Use of tierce de picardie - b 44
- Repetition of the ritornello rhythm
- Hemiola at bars 42-43
- Terraced dynamics - everyone playing and singing to not so many
- Inverted pedal in bar 131
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