Brandenburg Concerto No.5 3rd Mov - J.S. Bach

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BRANDENBURG - Context

  • gigue (lively)

  • fugue (contrapuntal, polyphonic)

  • late baroque

  • 1711-1720


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BRANDENBURG - Performing Forces

  • basso continuo - harpsichord, cello, violon

  • flute

  • violin

  • harpsichord

  • ripieno (small string orchestra) - violin, viola, cello, violon


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BRANDENBURG - Structure

  • ternary

  • A sections are exactly the same

  • ritornello form (recurring musical section or theme that repeats contrasting or different musical sections) in B


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BRANDENBURG - Melody

  • scalic runs in harpsichord

  • conjunct

  • rising sequence

  • ornamentation


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BRANDENBURG - Gigue Features

  • dance-like

  • lively

  • 6/8

  • allegro

  • D major - suitable for strings


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BRANDENBURG - Dynamics

  • none written down

  • left to performers to decide

  • terraced dynamics


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BRANDENBURG - Metre

  • 2/4

  • feels like 6/8 because of triplets


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BRANDENBURG - Rhythm

  • triplets and dotted quavers

  • semiquaver runs in harpsichord


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BRANDENBURG - Tonality

  • D major for most of A section

  • B Section - A major (dominant) then B minor (relative minor)


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BRANDENBURG - Harmony

  • diatonic and functional

  • mostly primary chords

  • perfect cadences at the end of sequences

  • suspension occasionally used

  • mainly root position or 1st inversion chords


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BRANDENBURG - Texture

  • polyphonic / contrapuntal

  • soloists create 4-part counterpoint

  • starts monophonic then polyphonic

  • pedal point