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Three beautiful melodies in 12/8
Manage episode 362720019 series 2853212
It's almost unfair to other composers that Bach was not only the greatest fugue writer to ever live, but he also was... maybe one of the very best melodic writers to ever live? And he wrote... (checks notes)... HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of absolutely perfect melodies, like it was no big deal? Come on, Bach. Leave some for the rest of us.
Today Alex brings us three of the most beautiful instrumental intro melodies from arias. These are all in 12/8 time, a meter that lends itself to peaceful, lilting beauty. And, Alex connects Bach and "Texas hold 'em" poker, somehow.
An interesting dissertation by Kayoung Lee, about Bach's use of 12/8 meter: The Role of the 12/8 Time Signature in J. S. Bach's Sacred Vocal Music
142 episodes
Manage episode 362720019 series 2853212
It's almost unfair to other composers that Bach was not only the greatest fugue writer to ever live, but he also was... maybe one of the very best melodic writers to ever live? And he wrote... (checks notes)... HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of absolutely perfect melodies, like it was no big deal? Come on, Bach. Leave some for the rest of us.
Today Alex brings us three of the most beautiful instrumental intro melodies from arias. These are all in 12/8 time, a meter that lends itself to peaceful, lilting beauty. And, Alex connects Bach and "Texas hold 'em" poker, somehow.
An interesting dissertation by Kayoung Lee, about Bach's use of 12/8 meter: The Role of the 12/8 Time Signature in J. S. Bach's Sacred Vocal Music
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