Posted on 02/27/2022 12:36:47 PM PST by lee martell
I throughly enjoy this violin sonata by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, one of J.S. Bach sons. The Sonata begins with a flowing 3/4 movement on the keyboard soon joined by the violin in a lightly syncopated manner. I believe 'to syncopate' means to use a rhythm with displaced beats or accents so that the strong beats are weak and vice versa. I'm still learning how to listen to baroque music and break down what they are presenting. When I first heard this, it reminded me of another composition that was written about 100 years after this sonata. I thought of the famous Trout Quintet in A Major by Franz Schubert. Schubert is said to have composed all five movements of this in 1819 when he was only 22 years old. This piece, written for piano and strings was not actually published until 1829, a year after his death.
As I was reading a mystery novel, written in the 1990's, one of the characters mentioned a piece by J.S. Bach I had never heard of. Most of his work, I've never heard, there is so much of it. The piece is called
Wir Danken Dir Gott; J.S. Bach, Sinfonia 2, Cantata 29, BWV 291 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society.
This is a wonderful, lush and sparkling piece. It carries a steady but gentle power that at first is almost breathtaking. Sort of a sweeping, whirlpool effect. In short, I loved it! I am no musician, (not really) so I leave it up to others to describe the work if they wish to.
**I apologize for not providing an attached YouTube. I'm still enough of a Computer Troglodyte not to know how to post a video and not to really care about learning.
No link?
I’m more of a PDQ Bach guy, myself.
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It hit #3 on the charts in 1829.
CPE Bach died in 1788.
Sorry about that.
Still adding to my online Skill Set.
Oh, you mean ‘the forgotten son’ of Papa Bach?
Thank You, MeneMeneTekelUpharsin!
Arguably, the six cello sonatas by JS Bach are the most profound pieces of music ever composed. Off topic, I know, but I thought I’d mention it anyway - just in case someone has not yet heard them. :-)
That’s so funny. I always associate “Radar” with that scene.
I’ve never heard them, those Cello Sonatas.
Something else to explore via Ebay for another day.
News traveled more slowly back then.
A was mildly desperate to find this on CD. No luck.
If I still had hair, I’d be tearing it out in frustration.
You are most welcome.
name 2 Bach famous composers other than J.S.
20 children, 209 surviving church cantatas, dozens of concertos, countless organ preludes and fugues. 20 children. J.S. Bach was a very busy man.
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bach/guides/children/
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