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- What form does Bach use to set the chorale tune?
- How is chorale used in music?
- What is found in a typical Bach chorale?
- What is the period of Bach chorale?
What form does Bach use to set the chorale tune?
Bach was not the first to compose them, but for his 1724-25 second Leipzig cantata cycle he developed a specific format: in this format the opening movement is a chorale fantasia on the first stanza of the hymn, with the hymn tune appearing as a cantus firmus.
How is chorale used in music?
A chorale is a melody to which a hymn is sung by a congregation in a German Protestant Church service. ... Chorales tend to be simple and singable tunes. The words are often sung to a rhyming scheme and are in a strophic form (the same melody used for different verses).
What is found in a typical Bach chorale?
Bach's arrangements of hymn tunes found their way into cantatas, organ preludes, motets and other pieces. Find out more about them here. A chorale is usually a simple and catchy melody to which a hymn is sung by soprano singers with a congregation, while the three lower voices provide the harmony.
What is the period of Bach chorale?
Most chorale cantatas were written between approximately 1650 and 1750. By far the most famous are by J. S. Bach, especially the cantatas composed in his second annual cycle of cantatas, started in Leipzig in 1724.
