My composition teacher, Nils Vigeland, says the two recorders in the Sonatina are body and soul separating, and he calls their voice-leading “zero species counterpoint.”
JSB does this not infrequently elsewhere, for instance in the 6th Brandenburg’s slow movement’s bass line(s) and in other concerti in that set (2 and 3 for ex.), and in the E-flat French Suite’s Allemande, bars 1-2 in the bass whose octaves split into real parts in m. 3!
Of course these astonishing passages are never mentioned in theory classes because there’s no place in any textbook for such original, magical writing..
Thanks for the long episode -- Lange, I mean Laaaaange
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My composition teacher, Nils Vigeland, says the two recorders in the Sonatina are body and soul separating, and he calls their voice-leading “zero species counterpoint.”
JSB does this not infrequently elsewhere, for instance in the 6th Brandenburg’s slow movement’s bass line(s) and in other concerti in that set (2 and 3 for ex.), and in the E-flat French Suite’s Allemande, bars 1-2 in the bass whose octaves split into real parts in m. 3!
Of course these astonishing passages are never mentioned in theory classes because there’s no place in any textbook for such original, magical writing..
Thanks for the long episode -- Lange, I mean Laaaaange
That is an excellent idea- 'zero species' - beautiful. I'll have to mention that in the next episode. Thanks for the comment!
Great episode! What was the recording from? I mean the one with "du must sterben" etc.
EDIT: I'm a bad/lazy reader, found out that it was mentioned in the show notes. Here is Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4PQrOGgdt2XpZAIgjM3Sb2?si=587684e87864487f
Ah! Was just going to mention the notes. I'll do better in providing direct links next time!