Ein Feste Burg

Question 1

Bach MVT 1: 2 melody + wider listening

Answer 1

Chorale melody phrases in fugal entries WL: BWV Jesu Nun Sei Gepreiset Mvt 1

Cantus Firmus statement in oboe and basso continuo WL: Telemann Ein Feste Burg

Question 2

Bach MVT 1: 2 texture + wider listening

Answer 2

Polyphonic Texture WL: Well tempered Clavier Db major fugue

Doubling Texture of singers with strings WL: BWV 41 Jesu Nun sei Gepreiset movement 1

Question 3

Bach MVT 1: 2 Structure + wider listening

Answer 3

Pedals Signpost Structure WL: BWV 48 mvt one ich Elender Mensch

Based Around Chorale Phrases WL: BWV 41 Jesu nun Sei Gepreiset

Question 4

Bach MVT 1: 2 harmony + wider listening

Answer 4

Pedals Signpost Structure WL: BWV 48 Ich Elender Mensch mvt 1

Chromatic Harmony at mention of Devil ‘Gros Macht und viel’ WL: Matthew Passion last note

Question 5

Bach MVT 1: 2 Sonority + wider listening

Answer 5

Shrill Oboe for cantus Firmus WL: Sopranos sing cantus firmus in BWV 41 mvt 1

Doubling Texture of singers WL: BWV 41 mvt 1

Question 6

Bach MVT 1: 2 rhythm + wider listening

Answer 6

Rhythmic and canonic displacement of cantus firmus between oboe and bass

Long note lengths of cantus firmus to stress importance WL: L’homme armee josquin Des Prez

Question 7

Bach MVT 1 and 2: 2 tonality + wider listening

Answer 7

D major same key as chorale WL: BWV 41 Jesu Nun Sei Gepreiset

Tonal WL: Brandeburg 2

Question 8

Bach MVT 2: 2 melody + wider listening

Answer 8

Chorale Phrases built into melody WL: BWV 41 mvt 1

Melisma draws attention to lyrics WL: Zadok the priest on Hallelujah

Question 9

Bach MVT 2: 2 texture + wider listening

Answer 9

Heterophony WL: BWV 48 mvt 4

Polyphony WL: Well tempered Clavier C major fugue Doubling Texture

Question 10

Bach MVT 2: 2 structure + wider listening

Answer 10

Ritornello frames structure and signposts new sections WL: Va Tacito from Giulio Cesare Handel

Structure follows Chorale melody phrases WL: BWV 41 Jesu Nun Sei Gepreiset Mvt 1

Question 11

Bach MVT 2: 2 Harmony + wider listening

Answer 11

Diatonic and Functional harmony WL: Brandenburg 2

Idiomatic Walking bass line accompaniment WL: With honor let desert be crowned Judas Maccabeus

Question 12

Bach MVT 2: 2 sonority + wider listening

Answer 12

unrelated text given to bass WL: Pedals in Brandenburg 1

Shrill oboe for heterophony WL: sopranos sing cantus firmus in BWV 41 mvt 1

Question 13

Bach MVT 2: 2 rhythm + wider listening

Answer 13

Ornate melody and dotted rhythms WL: Ich Elender Mensch mvt 3

Contrasting note lengths low and high WL: Leon Boellman Suite gothique

Question 14

Bach MVT 3: 2 melody + wider listening

Answer 14

Based on Luthers Reformation Hymn WL: Mendelssohn 5

Stepwise and narrow range for ease of congregation WL: Chorale from BWV 48 Ich Elender Mensch mvt

Question 15

Bach MVT 3: 2 texture + wider listening

Answer 15

Homophony for clarity of melody WL: BWV 41 chorale

Doubling texture WL: BWV 41 chorale

Question 16

Bach MVT 3: 2 structure + wider listening

Answer 16

Based around martin Luthers Chorale phrases previously quoted in other movements WL: Mvt 1 and 2

Pauses mark chorale phrases WL: BWV 180 chorale

Question 17

Bach MVT 3: 1 harmony + wider listening

Answer 17

Diatonic and functional WL: Brandeburg 3

Question 18

Bach MVT 3: 2 sonority + wider listening

Answer 18

Doubling texture WL: BWV 41 movement one Jesu Nun Sei Gepreiset

Standard SATB for ease of performance WL: BWV 180 chorale

Question 19

Bach MVT 3: 2 tonality + wider listening

Answer 19

Mainly major to not distract from message of chorale WL: Hallelujah Chorus

Tonal WL: Brandenburg 2