ATTENTION: This project has been discontinued, but a new one has begun. Bach's chorales are now available in a new series of videos, the first of them being this: ruclips.net/video/z8FHbeLtqpQ/видео.html
For mobile version 1 - Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ 0:17 2 - Ach Gott, erhör' mein Seufzen! 1:00 3 - Ach Gott und Herr 1:45 4 - Ach Gott und Herr 2:19 5 - Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein 2:58 6 - Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein 3:48 7 - Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein 4:49 8 - Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid 5:45 9 - Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid 6:49 10 - Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen 8:06 11 - Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig 8:52 12 - Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' 9:36 13 - Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' 10:26 14 - Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' 11:16 15 - Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 12:13
@@vadim4252 depends on the piece. Sometimes, it might just be a diminished chord but, with the context, it's just exquisite. Granted, OP exaggerates but for me, the harmonies in BWV 565 are difficult for anyone to surpass.
@@sebastian-benedictflore For you the harmonies are difficult for anyone to surpass? Referencing a piece like toccata and fugue in Dm by BWV 565 is something only pretentious listeners use to appear knowledgeable… and yet again no. that piece has pretty basic harmony. If you want Bach’s more harmonically complex stuff I’d recommend his well tempered clavier books.
Bachsche Choralsätze sind einfach nur geil. Man entschuldige meinen sprachlichen Ausrutscher. Einfach nur top. Es macht Spaß mitzusingen. Diese Bassläufe. Ein Genuss. Vielen Dank.
No he wasn’t. He was baptized at the Lutheran Georgenkirche in Eisenach, and remained loyal to the faith throughout his life, though he was employed by patrons of other denominations, such as Calvinists or Catholics. The reason that the texts here are in German and not Latin was so that the congregation could participate in the singing. Lutheran churches did this; Catholics didn’t, wherein the singing was done in Latin by trained choirs. Some of the canti firmi in the chorales were originally written by Martin Luther himself. Bach did write a Latin (ie catholic) mass on one occasion (the famous b minor mass), though his motivations for doing so are uncertain. Though is was written when Bach was living in Saxony, whose capital, Dresden, had a Catholic court. You can read more about that here- ( www.kennedy-center.org/artist/composition/4360 ).
I am a bit confused that why the first note/chord starts on upbeat so frequently? What interesting is that the notated upbeat doesn't sound like an upbeat... Could anyone explain this please? Many thanks~
I feel the same, i think the explaination is that this chorales were armonizations of well known melodies. Knowing the melody and hearing the lyrics knowing what the words mean helps you to hear the written downbeat easily. I think that happened to listenets at that time.
alot of the ones that start with an anacrusis, the anacrusis is a dominant chord which wants to resolve to the tonic which is on the down beat. usually the first downbeat isnt a V chord in this style so our ears dont expect the first chord to be the downbeat because it resolves to tonic
I don't understand, the first piece is in LabM and there are three sharps which means it is in LaM. Can someone explain? ...I'm confused. I train myself to transcribe it by ear.
That's because the recording is done in a different tuning. A=440Hz is the one we use as the standard nowadays, but before that there were lots of other non- standarized ones, most of them tuned slightly down. This one is probably around 415 and 420Hz, making it sound almost like a semitone down. Some recordings prefer the "tuned down" method for historical accuracy.
The best way to understand the practices of eighteenth-century voice leading is to examine this works by composers of the period and J.S. Bach is one the best composers in this time.
Thank you! I was thinking of uploading the full 15-part Choralgesange, but the thing is that the recordings I'm using are copyrighted, so the owners can delete my video at any time if they want to. So, I don't know what I'll do. In June, when I finish all my exams and stuff, I'll see what I can do and I'll try to post the rest of them if I can.
Hey Anthony, sorry for responding so late, I completely forgot to answer you. You can use my videos to help you make the analyses, no problem at all (if you link to them in some sort of way), but I don't think I have the time nor the enthusiasm right now to do a complete analysis, I'm very sorry. But I'll be more than happy to know I'll have helped you to analyse them - I encourage you to do so!!!
Biibi R the Gradus is the single most readable book on composition. It suffers from neither hindsight bias nor poor literary sense, making its explanations and advice lucidly clear through the dialogue.
@@Whatismusic123 And a lot of people feel that way about the Bible. Gradus Ad Parnassum basically codified counterpoint. Doesn't have to be good reading to be the Bible, just extremely influential in terms of the development of music.
Not yet - I began this project but when I uploaded the video I had issues with copyrighted music and I don't want this to happe again. If I find some copyright-free recordings of his Chorales then I'll continue this series for sure!
@@classicalmusicanalysis Since you only use short fragments, why don't you gather 4 good student choral voices (bass, tenor, alto, soprano) who don't mind having it recorded for the love of the music? Every week, you take one hour to study and immediately record one new fragment. (A Zoom H2 recorder would do just fine!) Then send the recordings to me, and I will mix them for you to make them sound like a church choir. Of course, don't forget to credit these nice people. :-)
Hey there, it's me again! It's been a while, but I've just begun a new project of Bach's chorales, the link to the first video is this: ruclips.net/video/z8FHbeLtqpQ/видео.html Hope you enjoy them!
This is due to the performer's decision to play in a different pitch tuning (the one that was used when this piece was composed). You can read more in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch#History_of_pitch_standards_in_Western_music
Interesting but please do not put the translation in English because it covers the original music and text, I am Mexican and my language is Spanish but I prefer to read the original text in German. Thank you.
Ce n'est pas la bonne interprétation, trop rapide, on n'entend pas les harmonies, et les phrases soutenues dans la tradition des chorals de Bach. C'est tellement moche, on ne comprend ni les paroles ni la musique. trop rythmique, aucun rapport avec l'écriture ! Avec en plus, un organiste trop pressé, c'est N'IMPORTE QUOI.
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ATTENTION: This project has been discontinued, but a new one has begun. Bach's chorales are now available in a new series of videos, the first of them being this: ruclips.net/video/z8FHbeLtqpQ/видео.html
Very very god thanks
For mobile version
1 - Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ 0:17
2 - Ach Gott, erhör' mein Seufzen! 1:00
3 - Ach Gott und Herr 1:45
4 - Ach Gott und Herr 2:19
5 - Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein 2:58
6 - Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein 3:48
7 - Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh' darein 4:49
8 - Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid 5:45
9 - Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid 6:49
10 - Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen 8:06
11 - Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig 8:52
12 - Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' 9:36
13 - Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' 10:26
14 - Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' 11:16
15 - Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 12:13
This is all I ever wanted on RUclips- the 4 voice chorales with score. THANK YOU
These last three bars at 2:44 . What a genius!
Isn't it incredible how in a matter of a small minute Bach could demonstrate he was and still is the greatest songwriter to ever live?
Bach's chorales contain some of the most extraordinary harmonizations he or anyone ever wrote including Wagner.
No.
@@vadim4252 ???
@@sebastian-benedictflore they don’t contain the most extraordinary harmonies. Bach’s is good no question but let’s still be realistic.
@@vadim4252 depends on the piece. Sometimes, it might just be a diminished chord but, with the context, it's just exquisite. Granted, OP exaggerates but for me, the harmonies in BWV 565 are difficult for anyone to surpass.
@@sebastian-benedictflore For you the harmonies are difficult for anyone to surpass? Referencing a piece like toccata and fugue in Dm by BWV 565 is something only pretentious listeners use to appear knowledgeable… and yet again no. that piece has pretty basic harmony. If you want Bach’s more harmonically complex stuff I’d recommend his well tempered clavier books.
Bachsche Choralsätze sind einfach nur geil. Man entschuldige meinen sprachlichen Ausrutscher. Einfach nur top. Es macht Spaß mitzusingen. Diese Bassläufe. Ein Genuss. Vielen Dank.
Danke schön! Bach war in der Tat ein Genie.
The undisputed master of harmony. But these little Lutheran Chorales just barely scratch the surface of what this man was capable of.
He was Catholic...
No he wasn’t. He was baptized at the Lutheran Georgenkirche in Eisenach, and remained loyal to the faith throughout his life, though he was employed by patrons of other denominations, such as Calvinists or Catholics. The reason that the texts here are in German and not Latin was so that the congregation could participate in the singing. Lutheran churches did this; Catholics didn’t, wherein the singing was done in Latin by trained choirs. Some of the canti firmi in the chorales were originally written by Martin Luther himself. Bach did write a Latin (ie catholic) mass on one occasion (the famous b minor mass), though his motivations for doing so are uncertain. Though is was written when Bach was living in Saxony, whose capital, Dresden, had a Catholic court. You can read more about that here- ( www.kennedy-center.org/artist/composition/4360 ).
KorewaKrusader -Kun perhaps you’re thinking of Bach’s youngest son, Johann Christian, who later CONVERTED to Catholicism while living in Italy.
"Where the unfathomable idea of immortality exists, Bach resides"
@@DreamlessSleepwalker BACK IN YOUR BOX!
Nobody can make songs about sin and pain sound so adventurous, deep and beautiful like Bach. True party bangers.
DOOOOOOOOOOOD this is great! thanks for the score sync!
I am a bit confused that why the first note/chord starts on upbeat so frequently? What interesting is that the notated upbeat doesn't sound like an upbeat... Could anyone explain this please? Many thanks~
I feel the same, i think the explaination is that this chorales were armonizations of well known melodies. Knowing the melody and hearing the lyrics knowing what the words mean helps you to hear the written downbeat easily. I think that happened to listenets at that time.
alot of the ones that start with an anacrusis, the anacrusis is a dominant chord which wants to resolve to the tonic which is on the down beat. usually the first downbeat isnt a V chord in this style so our ears dont expect the first chord to be the downbeat because it resolves to tonic
Immediately hearing a V-I resolution solidifies the tonality. Defining the tonal center is very important in music with constant modulation
This is Amazing! I hope someday a choir like this can sing my chorales!
I love every bit of this chorale ❤️😭
I don't understand, the first piece is in LabM and there are three sharps which means it is in LaM. Can someone explain? ...I'm confused. I train myself to transcribe it by ear.
That's because the recording is done in a different tuning. A=440Hz is the one we use as the standard nowadays, but before that there were lots of other non- standarized ones, most of them tuned slightly down. This one is probably around 415 and 420Hz, making it sound almost like a semitone down. Some recordings prefer the "tuned down" method for historical accuracy.
Hello, can someone please explain why some works have no Key signatures? is it because of using modal textures?
C major and A minor do not have key signatures. Nothing to do with modal writing.
@@paulb4600 :)))
They have Common time signature 4 4 That sometimes displayed as C as a Common time signature
@@thebachstudent Please read my question carefully!
The best way to understand the practices of eighteenth-century voice leading is to examine this
works by composers of the period and J.S. Bach is one the best composers in this time.
A sense of peace comes inside me...
I hope you were using protection
This is the music of heaven
Nice and useful ! Will you add all the choralegesänge ? I'm with you ! I plan to record contrapuntal analysis about this.
Thank you! I was thinking of uploading the full 15-part Choralgesange, but the thing is that the recordings I'm using are copyrighted, so the owners can delete my video at any time if they want to. So, I don't know what I'll do. In June, when I finish all my exams and stuff, I'll see what I can do and I'll try to post the rest of them if I can.
I understand as I also wanted to find the chorals and post all of them. It would be nice to collaborate in analyzing them, also ! You'll tell me :)
Hey Anthony, sorry for responding so late, I completely forgot to answer you. You can use my videos to help you make the analyses, no problem at all (if you link to them in some sort of way), but I don't think I have the time nor the enthusiasm right now to do a complete analysis, I'm very sorry. But I'll be more than happy to know I'll have helped you to analyse them - I encourage you to do so!!!
Thank you, thank you so much!
Who are the singers? I don't see it in the description
que genial!!!! ¿ me autorizan compartir en mis clases el video?
Claro!!
@@classicalmusicanalysis muchas gracias!!!!!!
Does anyone know if these have been translated to English.
They have
There are now English captions on the video.
The one at 3:48 has a different text?
Interesting. Still great :P
Gracias
Well, as usual...and just as well, but...THANK YOU!!!
Thank you James for your nice feedback!
Beyond sublime.
Bravo for this compilation!
1:00 my favourite
Gottes Segen
Thank you thank you so much.
12:53 beautiful
Bach es el padre de la musica! Sus obras sublimes llegan al alma. Saludos desde Chile. ❤
Muchas Gracias.
The Bach chorales are the bible of music
Just one of the books. Like Gradus Ad Parnassum by Fux.
Both boring
Biibi R the Gradus is the single most readable book on composition. It suffers from neither hindsight bias nor poor literary sense, making its explanations and advice lucidly clear through the dialogue.
@@klop4228gradus ad parnassum is mediocre. You're just reciting what your teachers have told you. Teachers that are poorly educated in music.
@@Whatismusic123 And a lot of people feel that way about the Bible.
Gradus Ad Parnassum basically codified counterpoint. Doesn't have to be good reading to be the Bible, just extremely influential in terms of the development of music.
Muy lindo
THANK YOU!
Bach's chorales has 666k views, how? Just how?
Bach has been getting steadily more popular for hundreds of years TBH.
beautiful!
i love it
me too
2:42 unreal.
Please please do more!
1:46
10:26 (bookmark)
This is so useful for my A level music class! Thanks for uploading!! Is there a Part 2? Part 3?
Not yet - I began this project but when I uploaded the video I had issues with copyrighted music and I don't want this to happe again. If I find some copyright-free recordings of his Chorales then I'll continue this series for sure!
@@classicalmusicanalysis Since you only use short fragments, why don't you gather 4 good student choral voices (bass, tenor, alto, soprano) who don't mind having it recorded for the love of the music? Every week, you take one hour to study and immediately record one new fragment. (A Zoom H2 recorder would do just fine!) Then send the recordings to me, and I will mix them for you to make them sound like a church choir. Of course, don't forget to credit these nice people. :-)
Hey there, it's me again! It's been a while, but I've just begun a new project of Bach's chorales, the link to the first video is this: ruclips.net/video/z8FHbeLtqpQ/видео.html Hope you enjoy them!
@@classicalmusicanalysis Legal dept: almost 300 years old and some of the most common music used for teaching theory? Sounds like copyright to me!
@@BinaryBard64 These recordings are not 300 years old.
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4:48 I love the bass part for this one!!!
And 10:33
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bolivia?
when will we hear the rest of them????
I renewed this project in a new series of chorales. You can see the first video here: ruclips.net/video/z8FHbeLtqpQ/видео.html
Um the sound for a lot of these are a half step down than what’s written
This is due to the performer's decision to play in a different pitch tuning (the one that was used when this piece was composed). You can read more in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch#History_of_pitch_standards_in_Western_music
Baroque pitch. 415hz
Salut
I got here by searching “All Star Bach Chorale”
Thank U 4 sharing, i can work, singing the 4 voices, one by one, of course 🤣
Nice profile picture
♥️♥️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🌹
1:00
2:58
Interesting but please do not put the translation in English because it covers the original music and text, I am Mexican and my language is Spanish but I prefer to read the original text in German. Thank you.
Ce n'est pas la bonne interprétation, trop rapide, on n'entend pas les harmonies, et les phrases soutenues dans la tradition des chorals de Bach. C'est tellement moche, on ne comprend ni les paroles ni la musique. trop rythmique, aucun rapport avec l'écriture ! Avec en plus, un organiste trop pressé, c'est N'IMPORTE QUOI.
I typed RUclips porn and this is what I got
Ear porn
3:47 not the right score...
Nope that one's correct.
It's right, it is just tuned too low for us
it's the right music but the lyrics are wrong.
вот это порно
Hi :)