Bach - Musicalisches Opfer - 1. Ricercar A 3

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[krallja]

@MYTHIRDSHADOW Basic harpsichords do not have dynamics (variations in loudness), so the only thing a player can control is the length of a note. Perhaps you have heard it played on a piano, where the performer was able to add dynamics to the piece?

[MYTHIRDSHADOW]

@VERITS99 yes! lol... Its just that I have heard it played just a tad bit slower and I do favor what I have heard previously. I come off a bit harsh, I know, I just don't know how to hold back. I stil think hes thumping out the notes with no sensitivity. take care.

[VERITS99]

@MYTHIRDSHADOW Too fast? Are you aware that Anna Magdalena and Carl Phillip Emanuel (independently) gave the same testimony that JSB played rather fast?

[MYTHIRDSHADOW]

No good. This guy just hacks out the notes giving no respect to the original intention of this piece. Too fast also. I've heard computers play this better. this guy just needs to stop. please.

[verdi0381]

When I hear Bach, the moment that universe was created, is make music

[chrish12345]

@srbiruga sorry I don't understand, are you saying that the name Ricercare should preclude this piece?

[srbiruga]

this is my favorite fugue of all times, i don't care if its a ricercar!

[fagottist]

i've been there

[wcbroccoli]

@agranero6 The 3-part ricercar heard here is Bach's worked-out version of the fugue he improvised as the king's request. It develops and expands typical motivic elements of the galant and empfindsamer style that was popular with the younger generation (including Bach's sons) in unusually long interludes.

Bach knew all the styles of his day.

The king's own musical tastes were strongly influenced by Italian opera,

[wcbroccoli]

@agranero6 How does canon enter into this? The king asked Bach to improvise a fugue, not a canon.

The king, himself a well-informed musician, gave Bach a subject derived by joining 2 traditional types of fugue theme.

The king asked Bach to improvise a fugue. A fugue is by definition polyphonic.

Bach improvised a 3-part fugue (not 4-part) on the royal theme and a 6-part fugue on a theme of his own choosing. He later composed a 6-part fugue (not 5-part) on the royal theme.