Ein Feste Burg mov 2

Soprano solo, doubled in the oboe

Bass line scalic and uses melismatic semiquavers

Sequences, e.g. the descending sequence at bar 19

Cantus firmus. The soprano line is a decorated version of the original tune

Orchestral introduction; Melody dominated homophony

Soprano and bass enter in contropuntal texture

Heterophonic texture between soprano and oboe

Upper strings play in unison

Oboe doubled soprano

Soprano solo and bass

Continuo of harpsicord and cello whereas the other movements are organ

Functional harmony

Diatonic

Chords are in the root or first inversion, but rarely in the 2nd inversion

Perfect cadence at the end in the tonic (D major)

Modulations predictable to the related keys, e.g. dominant and subdominant

Lots of semiquavers in the bass line

Effect of Moto perpetuo (LINK to John Cage)

Continuo has off beats/syncopation

4/4 time