2. Begins on page 121 Chapter 14 Baroque Instrumental Music: Concerto and Fugue

3. The Concerto Grosso  Contrasts small group with large group  Small group usually plays same music as large group  Players in small group remain seated and do not memorize their music  Most common form of the movements is ritornello form

4. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5  Composed for the margrave of Brandenburg  Calls for a flute, violin, and harpsichord  First movement is the longest with a harpsichord cadenza.  Second movement has a slow tempo  Third movement has a happy, dance-like character

5. Vivaldi: “Spring” from The Four Seasons, First Movement  Largely solo concerto  Very programmatic; based on sonnet ► “Spring” ► “Birds” ► “Brooks” ► “Storm” Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

6. The Fugue  One theme (subject)  Contrasting theme (countersubject)  Contrapuntal lines (voices)  Exposition  Development

7. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor  Toccata ► Virtuoso keyboard work Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

8. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor  Repeated notes in subject  Sequence  Exposition  Suspension

9. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor  A second toccata (“Recitativo”) ► Alternates between rapid notes and long chords ► Concludes with long, powerful minor chord

10. Other Keyboard Forms  Chorale prelude; chorale variations  Passacaglia  Prelude

11. Summary  The Concerto Grosso  Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5  Vivaldi: “Spring” from The Four Seasons, first movement  The Fugue  Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor  Other Keyboard Forms