36 min listen
What is Chromaticism? (Albinoni Fugues)
ratings:
Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
I was recently asked to explain chromaticism, so I thought I'd give it a try here.
Bach's fugue based on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni in B minor, BWVs 951, and 951a: the subject itself contains a chromatic descent (B, A#, A, G#, G, F#) and though Albinoni himself wrote it, it was Bach who brought the ideas behind such chromaticism to the next level.
HERE is the recording which I was not able to credit. If you know whose recording this is, please write me, I'll fix it!
and HERE is the version (BWV 951, not BWV951a) which I played on the MIDI harpsichord, highlighting the chromatic lines on one of my favorite youtube channels.
As always, thank you for your support, your feedback, your passion! -es
Support us:
https://www.patreon.com/wtfbach
https://www.paypal.me/wtfbach
https://venmo.com/wtfbach
https://cash.app/$wtfbach
Ideas? Kvetches?
Write us:
bach (at) wtfbach (dot) com
Bach's fugue based on a theme by Tomaso Albinoni in B minor, BWVs 951, and 951a: the subject itself contains a chromatic descent (B, A#, A, G#, G, F#) and though Albinoni himself wrote it, it was Bach who brought the ideas behind such chromaticism to the next level.
HERE is the recording which I was not able to credit. If you know whose recording this is, please write me, I'll fix it!
and HERE is the version (BWV 951, not BWV951a) which I played on the MIDI harpsichord, highlighting the chromatic lines on one of my favorite youtube channels.
As always, thank you for your support, your feedback, your passion! -es
Support us:
https://www.patreon.com/wtfbach
https://www.paypal.me/wtfbach
https://venmo.com/wtfbach
https://cash.app/$wtfbach
Ideas? Kvetches?
Write us:
bach (at) wtfbach (dot) com
Released:
Apr 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (68)
Bonus: Contrapunctus I: all screwed up... 11x: This is the first bonus episode. In it, you will hear the first contrapunctus from “The Art of Fugue” (which, by now, you can tell your friends is called, ‘Die Kunst der Fuge’ in German) in eleven different ways. Eleven is an important number in ‘D... by The WTF Bach Podcast