Special History in Music: Bach's Sacred Cantatas (U00872)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : ACE-3-MBachCan

A study of a representative selection of Bach's sacred cantatas, with particular emphasis on listening to, studying, and getting to know the music.

? Keywords : bach cantatas music history special topic

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Music 2B: Set Works OR Music 2C: Introduction to Compositional Techniques, where students are not on a BMus degree programme.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
10/01/2008	09:00	10:50	Tutorial Room 2.07, Alison House	Central	This class will be held in Room 2.07, now known as the Seminar Room.

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course will consider a representative cross-section of Bach's extraordinarily rich repertoire of church cantatas from various points of view, including:
- their context, role and function in the Lutheran liturgy;
- texts: the combination of scriptural text, Lutheran verse and specially-written in musical terms;
- a consideration of the many ways in which the chorale is used;
- symbolism;
- use of instruments, continuo, etc;
- Bach's vocal resources and how he employed them;
- how Bach revised and re-used material.
Although the course will attempt to put Bach's work into historical and liturgical contexts, its main aim will be a study of the music itself.