Bach and the High Baroque

Join Professor Robert Greenberg to explore the emotional power, religious devotion, technical virtuosity, diverse national styles, and sheer genius of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Syllabus

01: Introduction
02: Christmas, 1722
03: Introduction to the Baroque Aesthetic
04: Fugue
05: Historical Overview from Constantine through the Great Thinkers of the Baroque
06: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part I-A Musical Glossary
07: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part II-A Musical Glossary
08: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part III-A Musical Glossary
09: Bach's Inheritance, Part I-The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of Lutheranism
10: Lutheranism, the Chorale and the Chorale Prelude
11: Bach's Inheritance, Part II-The Development of the Italian Style
12: The Italian Style, The Operatic Ideal and Lutheran Spirituality are Joined
13: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part I-Vivaldi and the Venetian Opera
14: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part II-Vivaldi's Model and Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major
15: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part II-Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major (cont.)
16: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part III-The Concerto Grosso and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
17: Bach and the French Style, Part I-Dance and the Orchestral Suite
18: Dance and the Orchestral Suite (cont.)
19: Bach and the French Style, Part II-The Keyboard Suite
20: The Keyboard Suite (cont.)
21: Bach and Opera, Part I-Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme
22: Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme (cont.)
23: Bach and Opera, Part II-Opera Buffa and the Secular Cantata, The Coffee Cantata
24: Opera Buffa and the Secular Cantata, The Coffee Cantata (cont.)
25: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part I
26: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part II
27: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part III
28: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part IV
29: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part I
30: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part II
31: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part III
32: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part IV
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