THE TONAL AND THE INSTRUMENTAL SYMBOLISM IN “MAGNIFICAT” (BWV 243), D MAJOR, OF J. S. BACH Cover Image

THE TONAL AND THE INSTRUMENTAL SYMBOLISM IN “MAGNIFICAT” (BWV 243), D MAJOR, OF J. S. BACH
THE TONAL AND THE INSTRUMENTAL SYMBOLISM IN “MAGNIFICAT” (BWV 243), D MAJOR, OF J. S. BACH

Author(s): Gabriela Coca
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: J. S. Bach; Magnificat; analysis; text; dramaturgy; coloristic spectrum; form; tonalities; instrumentation; power centers.

Summary/Abstract: The present study constitutes the synthesis of a detailed analysis of the musical work “Magnificat”, BWV 243, in D major, by J. S. Bach, published in book form in 2008, at the Cluj University Press publishing house in 2008. The analysis was carried out starting from the details to the whole, in each of the 12 parts, view on the following aspects: the text, the orchestral ensemble, the shape, the tonal structure, and the instrumentation. Each part attached as an Annex the coloristic spectrum of tonal-instrumental structure of hers. The synthesis of the analysis of this study presents conclusive, the full text of its historical datas, the dramaturgy of the form, the power centers, the relevance of the power centers in the poetic text, the dramaturgical dosing of the poetic text, the dramaturgy of the tonalities, the dramaturgy of the instruments using, and aspects of the illustrative program in music. The analysis is an original one, and not based on bibliographic processing.

  • Issue Year: 58/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 151-162
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English