ETHNOMUS 60 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Musical Youth, Retrograde Inversion, Trio Sonata
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Harpsichord (cembalo as known in germany) vs. fortepiano. Piano only has one keyboard, harpsichord often has two. An instrumental piece meant to be played instead of sung. Trio sonata (three instruments plus bass or continuo-so four players) Can have more than one player per part. Fantasia (can stand alone or paired with fugue) Chorale prelude (based upon the hymn tunes: played during church services as congregation is walking in, used to teach students to play organ. Book i 1722 (kothen), book ii in 1742 (leipzig) Sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys. For the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study. To play it, your keyboard instrument had to be tuned to well-temperament . 30 short keyboard compositions in two and three parts (voices), composed while bach was in.
