BACH

MELODY

• TYPES:
• CHARACTERFUL MELODIES; MADE UP OF BOTH CONJUNCT AND DISJUNCT MOTION; ANGULAR INTERVALS
• PHRASING:
• IRREGULAR; FORTSPINNUNG
• MELODIC DEVICES:
• SEQUENCES; INVERSION; CHANGING OPENING INTERVALS; IDEAS TIED TOGETHER BY CELLS
• NON-HARMONY NOTES:
• PASSING NOTES; AUXILLIARIES; SUSPENSIONS; ANTICIPATION; 2ND MOVT - RHAPSODIC, LITTLE PATTERN

HARMONY

• OVERALL:
• LOTS OF DISSONANCE; GREATER VARIETY OF CHORDS; GREATER VARIETY OF CADENCES
• HARMONIC DEVICES:
• SEQUENCE; TIERCE DE PICARDIE; QUICKER HARMONIC RHYTHM; SUSPENSIONS; UNPREPARED DISSONANCE
• CHORDS:
• DIMINISHED 7TH

TONALITY

• DIATONIC
• MIDDLE MOVT IN RELATIVE MAJOR
• PIVOT CHORDS AND DIMINISHED 7TH TO MODULATE
• ALSO TIERCE DE PICARDIE
• CONSTANT MODULATION, MOST OF IT TRANSITORY
• WIDER RANGE OF KEYS

STRUCTURE

• FSF
• OUTER MOVTS RITORNELLO
• GREATER INTEGRATION OF RITORNELLO AND EPISODIC MATERIAL
• USE OF EPISODE 'BREAKS' IN RITORNELLO SECTIONS
• USE OF RITORNELLO 'INTERRUPTIONS' IN EPISODE
• USE OF FUGAL TEXTURE IN LAST MOVT RITORNELLO
• MIDDLE MOVT - UNUSUAL OSTINATO BASS REFRAIN WITH RHAPSODIC MELODY OVER TOP

SONORITY (TIMBRE)

• VIOLOIN CONCERTO
• ALL ORCHESTRAL PARTS MORE EQUAL
• SOLO VIOLIN PART IS MORE VIRTUOSO - HIGHER RANGE, BARIOLAGE, STRING CROSSING, TRIPLE-STOPPING

TEXTURE

• MORE CONTRAPUNTAL
• CONSTANT IMITATION
• ANTIPHONY
• PARTS IN 3RDS/6THS
• FUGAL TEXTURE IN LAST MOVT
• MIDDLE MOVT HOMOPHONIC

TEMPO, RHYTHM AND METRE

• 1ST MOVT 2/4
• MOTOR RHYTHMS
• ANACRUSIS
• MIDDLE MOVT - ANDANTE 4/4
• GIGUE RHYTHMS IN FINAL MOVT 9/8

DYNAMICS AND ARTICULATION

• SOME STACCATO AND SLUR MARKINGS
• F AND P MARKINGS FOR RITORNELLOS AND ACCOMPANYING EPISODE PARTS RESPECTIVELY

HOW THE MUSIC AFFECTS THE MOOD

• 1ST MOVT - DYNAMIC AND DRAMATIC: FORTSPINNUNG, DISSONANCE, 2/4, MINOR TONALITY, CONSTANT MODULATION, FLUID STRUCTURE, RANGE OF SOLO VIOLIN PART, MOTOR RHTHMS, CONTRAPUNTAL WRITING
• 2ND MOVT - CALMER: C MAJOR, SLOWER TEMPO, LESS GOING ON IN TEXTURE, RHAPSODIC MELODY, UNPREDICTABLE OSTINATO BASS
• LAST MOVT - JOLLY, GIGUE, 9/8. ALLEGRO ASSAI, FUGAL TEXTURE, VIRTUOSO VIOLIN PART