Bach

Bach

Movement 1
1. Ritornello form with shortened repetitions of opening 12 bars with chorale melody in between
2. Ritornello form characterised by minor keys, sequences and discords, created by and through suspensions
3. Continuo and figured bass
4. Hemiola at end of main sections and tierce de picardie on final cadence
5. Angst and words are reflected in suspensions
Movement 2
1. Syllabic word setting that reflects the natural rhythms of the text
2. Text flows at a faster rate
3. Declamatory style of singing with detached melodic fragments to highlight sighs
4. Angular melodic lines with tortured leaps eg diminished 7th bar 2 on Misery
5. Extreme dissonance minor 9th sop and bass bar 2
6. Accompaniment purely supportive so words can be appreciated
7. Modulates to several keys. Foreign Emajor on strongest poison bar 10
Movement 3
1. Diminished 7th beat 2 bar 2 allows for unexpected modulations to G minor bar 2 and Ab major bar 6
2. Expected perfect cadence in Bb major is changed by the introduction of Ab at the end of the melody, thus sparking off a series of anguished suspensions. Eg Gb against F bar 9
Movement 4
1. Technique of re-using melodic fragments, eg bars 23-24 is from bars 5-6
2. Quaver bass heard almost throughout
3. Modulates to dominant Bb major at end of fist section, then to C minor (relative minor) and other related keys before returning to tonic Eb major at bar 78-79

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