ETHNOMUS 60 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: List Of Compositions By Dieterich Buxtehude, Dieterich Buxtehude, Diatonic And Chromatic
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Motive can be a phrase of group of notes used a number of times. Hard to tell which were younger works and which were older. Philology: new bach scholarship post 1950: the science of studying manuscripts and writing styles. Authentication of autographs: bwv is wrong, but it had been around for so long that it still stands. End of baroque era overlaps with the enlightenment. Bach felt that everything he wrote was an offering to god, anti-enlightenment and anti-humanist. Counterpoint: describes relationship between 2 notes: not allowed to have parallel 4ths and 5ths. Tonal diatonic harmony: 2 or more pitches sounding at the same time (major/minor) Relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent, but independent in rhythm. Heinrich schutz (1585-1672) motet-herr, wenn ich nur dich habe. Dietrich buxtehude (1637-1707) buxwv 38- herr, wenn ich nur dich habe: countertenor-high male voice.