Buxtehude, Dieterich - Prelude & Fugue in G Minor for String Quartet BuxWV 149 Quatuor à cordes |
Compositeur : | Buxtehude, Dieterich (1637 - 1707) | ||
Instrumentation : | Quatuor à cordes | ||
Genre : | Baroque | ||
Tonalité : | Sol mineur | ||
Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 05 Janv 2020 Dietrich Buxtehude is probably most familiar to modern classical music audiences as the man who inspired the young Johann Sebastian Bach to make a lengthy pilgrimage to Lubeck, Buxtehude's place of employment and residence for most of his life, just to hear Buxtehude play the organ. But Buxtehude was a major figure among German Baroque composers in his own right. Though we do not have copies of much of the work that most impressed his contemporaries, Buxtehude nonetheless left behind a body of vocal and instrumental music which is distinguished by its contrapuntal skill, devotional atmosphere, and raw intensity. He helped develop the form of the church cantata, later perfected by Bach, and he was just as famous a virtuoso on the organ. This praeludium in G minor is one of Buxtehude's better-known and frequently played organ works. It is in five sections: three non-fugal sections and two fugues. Buxtehude opens this particular praeludium with a bass ostinato section rather than the typical free toccata passage. The ostinato Buxtehude employs is rather curious because it features a rest on the first down beat precisely when a strong accent would be expected creating a gaping hiccup with each repetition of the ostinato. The gap in the ostinato is all the more notable when played on an aggressive pedal division favored by the North German Baroque. The other two free sections are toccata-like episodes typical in a Buxtehude praeludium. The last free section grows organically out of the last fugue and ends with surprise. The two fugues are vaguely related to each other thematically as is often the case in Buxtehude's praeludia. Source: AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/praeludium-for-or gan-in-g-minor-buxwv-149-mc0002392845). I created this Interpretation of the Prelude & Fugue in G Minor (BuxWV 149) for String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). |