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This tune is not, as previously believed, Bach. Which is not to say that Bach does not have charm. He has plenty. [Edit: typo]
by interfixus 9y ago
This tune is not, as previously believed, Bach.
Which is not to say that Bach does not have charm. He has plenty.
[Edit: typo]
- levicole 9y agoWow! TIL: Minuette in G Major was not written by Bach. I agree there is plenty of charming music written by Bach. https://youtu.be/TYjqnlc7MRw https://youtu.be/TYjqnlc7MRw https://youtu.be/KyWOIKCtjiw https://youtu.be/KyWOIKCtjiw
- jancsika 9y agoIn terms of their overall output, I think Bach tends more toward music that sounds complex, heady, and ornate while Handel's sounds light and lyrical. For example, listen to the unfinished fugue in C minor, BWV 906[1]. Once all the voices have entered you can hear how there is a kind of game where Bach is trying to cram as many cross-relations into each measure. When he starts sequencing that disjoint tail of the melody it's about as dissonant as music from that period can get. If you heard three people singing this a cappela you'd think they were from Mars. That's certainly experimental, but there are many other pieces/moments by Bach that are similarly jarring. I'm going to rankly speculate that there is nothing in Handel's output even close to that (in the hopes that it spurs a contrarian to provide me a link). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrNDV82DVmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrNDV82DVmc (starts about 5:10)
- tannhaeuser 9y agoCharm is also in Bach's works for lute eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QhlrczGOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QhlrczGOU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3GsparAiVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3GsparAiVQ
- jancsika 9y agoHa. Well, there goes the upshot of my analysis above.
- ktRolster 9y agoThat's ok, the tunes in the Messiah are not original from Handel :D Many of them were lifted from Italian popular songs.