ENG110Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Signify, Tempo, George Frideric Handel
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Regarded as a significant part of the lutheran church service in leipzig during bach"s time. Lutheranism was largely in the vernacular, having the chorales sung in a german religious text with religious associations. Chorales were easy to sing and to remember, consisting of only one note to a syllable and a steady rhythm. The hymn melody was sung in the top parts and the tones of the supporting harmonies were sung in the lower 3 parts. A short composition that played by the organist before the congregation begins to sing a hymn. Designed to remind the congregation of the hymn melody. A cantana is originally defined as a piece that is sung rather as opposed to a sonata, Bach based his most famous on the chorale tune wachet auf. The text and melody of the chorale had previously been written by phillip nicolai. , and had relevance to (1556-1608) before bach used it over 130 years later.
