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Masterpieces of Western Music

Humanities W1123 · Prof. Michael Thaddeus

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

ASSIGNMENT


READ Chapter 6 in Kelly.

PRINT the questionnaire and fill it out as you LISTEN to the works below.

LOOK over the description of Paper #1, due on the course blog on the evening of Sunday, February 22. The description is about half as long as the paper itself!

Once again, please BRING $20 in cash to class in payment for the ticket to Carmen, if you haven't already. Many thanks.



Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847 (3'05) from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
performed by Robert Levin on harpsichord
Interactive listening guide


Allegro (6'36) from the Concerto in F Major for Harpsichord, Recorders, and Strings, BWV 1057 (arranged from the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto)
performed by Robert Hill, Eva Morsbach, Nadja Schubert, and the Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Interactive listening guide


Overture (10'12) from the Suite in D Major, BWV 1068
performed by Tafelmusik
Interactive listening guide