Bach - Magnificat - 3&4 - Quia respexit - Omnes generationes
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@drtmuir I was not talking about Church Latin, I was talking about Ancient Latin; my mistake for confusing the two!
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@KingCrassusII Church Latin was pronounced in markedly different ways, depending on the locality, and reflected pronunciation conventions of the local language. There is not some centralized authority ruling pronunciation. Another example: when you hear a French group sing church Latin, you will be struck by the very French pronunciation of the vowel "u" (as in the word "Agnus") as opposed to the very open, short "u" of Italianate Latin
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Hace poco descubrí esta creación de Bach. Es un alimento para el alma!
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oooooops. In choir we totally sang this pronouncing the g like "generations." not like.. "good." sorry Bach.
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@magister62 Bach never was in Italy, Bach never left Germany. He just moved among Thuringia and Saxony cities.
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MAGNIFICAT INDEED!
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@pastorjackw Are not all g's in Latin pronounced hard? The custom of pronouncing g's as j's was something, according to my schooling, which was not practiced in the official ancient Latin tongue. The closest consonant Latin had to a j was i: such as in Iulius Caesar or Iuno; pronounced "Yulius Kaisar" and "Yuno." The i's became j's once they we Germanized. It makes sense to me that the Latin pronunciation is hard and the German soft, as we say "Seezer" instead of "Kaisar," making hard c's soft.
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@handelfan610 hehe! Well, you can't win! Mozart was once told one of his operas had too many notes! With Bach, he's in good company! :)
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Increible, Amo Esta Musica!



@GaiusRota It is not too slow; you, my friend, are listening to it too quickly!
falstocat 7 months ago 13
This makes me cry every time. I love this piece. <3
babblingmongoose 2 months ago 4