| Series |
Harmonologia series ; no. 9
Harmonologia series ; no. 9. ^A246495
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| Contents |
Analytic methodology ; The chorales ; Relevant literature -- Introduction: the interpretation of modal chorales. The modal final as a generative tonic ; Organicism: the modal final as a unifying tonic ; Directionality: the modal final as a goal ; Analytic observations ; The Mixolydian mode ; The Phrygian mode ; The Dorian and Aeolian modes -- An original analytic model for Bach's Phrygian and Mixolydian chorales. Emphasis on the fourth degree ; The rising fifth-relation (IV-I) in Phrygian ; The rising fifth-relation (IV-I) in Mixolydian ; Emphasis on the sixth degree in Phrygian ; Emphasis on the sixth degree in Mixolydian ; The Phrygian lower neighbor and upper neighbor ; The Mixolydian lower neighbor ; Ursatz possibilities in Phrygian ; Ursatz possibilities in Mixolydian -- Bach's chorale harmonizations of Phrygian and Mixolydian cantus firmi. Aus tiefer not schrei ich zu dir ; Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ ; Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot ; Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein -- An original analytic model for Bach's Dorian and Aeolian chorales. Dorian and Aeolian canuts firmi ; The diatonic seventh degree in Dorian - upper neighbor figure ; The diatonic seventh degree in Aeolian - upper neighbor figure ; The diatonic seventh degree in Dorian - lower neighbor figure ; The diatonic seventh degree in Aeolian - lower neighbor figure ; Dorian median and Aeolian median ; Subdominant-tonic relation in Dorian and Aeolian ; Ursatz possibilities in Dorian ; Ursatz possibilities in Aeolian -- Bach's chorale harmonizations of Dorian and Aeolian cantus firmi. Christ lag in todesbanden ; Was main Gott will das g'scheh allzeit ; Erschienen ist der herrlich tag ; Von Gott will ich nicht lassen ; Mit freud und freud ich fahr dahin -- Appendix 1. Modal cadence systems in historical theory -- Appendix 2. Dorian, Phrygian, Mixolydian and Aeolian cantus firmi, as classified by 17th and 18th century theorists -- Appendix 4. Representative modal chorales by Bach -- Appendix 5. Texts and translations for cantatas 38, 77, and 91. |
| Abstract |
J.S. Bach's chorale settings of modal cantus firmi pose an interesting problem for the modern analyst: What assumptions moodal or tonal does one bring to the music and what analytic techniques does one use? Are conventional tonal theories adequate to represent the harmonic techniques used in this repertoire? Are conventional modal theories adequate? The author explores these questions. |
| General note | Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.--Harvard, 1991) under the title: J.S. Bach's chorale harmonizations of modal cantus firmi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index. |
| LCCN | 95024547 |
| ISBN | 0945193742 |
