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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Gotta catch them all, can you distinguish all 20 variations? 🙂 BWV 582/1: Passacaglia The passacaglia is in 3/4 time typical of the form. Bach’s ostinato comprises eight bars, which is unusual but not unheard of: an ostinato of the same length is used, for example, in Johann
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bach, “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, “Little” (popularly known as the “Little Fugue”), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707). It is one of Bach’s best known fugues and has been arranged for other voices, including in an orchestral version
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – J.S Bach Motet BWV 227
Jesu, meine Freude is a motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The work, which takes its title from the chorale by Johann Franck on which it is based, is also known as Motet No. 3 in E minor, BWV 227. The stanzas of the chorale are interspersed with passages from
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major – Book I of J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 862
The Well-Tempered Clavier (German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier),[2] BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed “for the profit and use of musical
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude: Stephen Malinowski at TED – Behind the Music Animation
We often host Mr.Malinowski’s work here on the Friday Musical Interlude. The musical animation he produces has been his life’s work and has brought it to the next level as he brings his digital animations to live performances. Note in this video that he is using an analog device to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bach, Goldberg Variations, Variation 5, BWV 988
This is the first of the hand-crossing, two-part variations. It is in 3/4 time. A rapid melodic line written predominantly in sixteenth notes is accompanied by another melody with longer note values, which features very wide leaps: Filed under: Music Tagged: Bach, Goldberg Variations Variation 5 BWV 988, The DWR
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Bach, Violin Sonata in A major, 3rd mvt., BWV 1015
Bach’s music uniquely visualized by Stephen Malinowski. Filed under: Music Tagged: Bach, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude, Violin Sonata in A major
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Bach, Three-part Invention #4, D minor (Sinfonia), BWV 790
The vertical stripes show the rhythmic “grid” — showing the hierarchy of beats. The first beat in a measure is the strongest, followed by the half-measure point, followed by quarter-measure points, etc. This lets you see when a note is “suspended” through a strong beat. Filed under: Music Tagged:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor BWV 881
One of my favourites from Book II. The Well-Tempered Clavier (German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier),[2] BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: J.S.Bach Piano Concerto No.7 in G minor BW
Take a baroque and enjoy some Bach Filed under: Music Tagged: Bach, Piano Concerto N0.7 in g minor, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bach – Passacagilia and Fugue in C Minor
Same ground base, 20 variations, 1 bar ending. The brilliance of Bach on display. BWV 582/1: Passacaglia The passacaglia is in 3/4 time typical of the form. Bach’s ostinato comprises eight bars, which is unusual but not unheard of: an ostinato of the same length is used, for example, in
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