Concerto for harpsichord, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo in D minor

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The Concerto for Harpsichord, 2 Violins, Viola and Basso continuo in D minor, Wq 23, H.427 is a concerto written in 1748 by the composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788).

Historical classification

The Concerto in D minor was written in 1748 while Bach was working as a harpsichordist at the court of Friedrich II. At this point in time, Bach was already able to refer to an intensive examination of the genre, and another 35 piano concertos are from his time in Berlin and Potsdam. His work was shaped or sanctioned by the conservative taste in music at the Prussian court. "Gallant" expressive details typical of the time were only used with reservations in music care, the worked or learned style was not so much suppressed as it was disguised.

This concerto is probably one of the works of this period in which Bach leaves his individual, expressive tonal language completely free. Mood pictures often stand side by side, the expected often does not occur. In Hoffmann-Erbrecht's opinion, it elevates the unrestrained, the wild to a principle with “its strangely incongruous, great tone fillings”.

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The first movement of the concerto is in the Allegro . The formal disposition appears to be a 9-part ritornello form , but with a pronounced idea of ​​reprise (tutti 4, solo 4 and tutti 5). The convention of a strict separation of tutti and solo parts or orchestra and solo instrument (here harpsichord concertato) is partly abandoned. This at least results in the tendency towards the classic 7-part concert of the Berlin School. Overall, it becomes clear how the solo parts emancipate themselves from their original function as episodes of modulation to become the actual main protagonist. That the key stations do not correspond to the self-imposed norm of a ritornello in minor from tonic (I) - dominant (V) - subdominant (IV) - tonic (I) (here I - IV - V - I) seems to be a characteristic of the personal style of CPE Bach.

  • The 1st concert movement

  • Tutti and recapitulation of the 1st concert movement

2nd movement

The 2nd movement, Poco andante , represents the calm contrast to the fast frame movements. Typical compositional features such as dots are also predominant here.

3rd movement

The 3rd movement in Allegro assai is the passionate climax of the concert. The typical sharp punctures and syncope can be found as well as breaks and sudden pauses.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Andreas E. Beurmann : Die Klaviersonaten C.Ph.E. Bachs , Diss. University of Göttingen 1952.
  2. ↑ See z. B. Charles Burney : Diary of a musical journey , Hamburg 1772/1773, Reprint Leipzig 1968, p.437 where he caricatures the situation as follows: “Although there is complete tolerance here with regard to the various Christian religious opinions, the one who is not cruel or quantum , not safe from persecution. ”.
  3. ↑ See Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht : Music in the West. Munich 1991, p. 508 or Burney's diary p. 436, where he describes that the musical taste at the Prussian court is the same as it was 40 years ago.
  4. ↑ Cf. Burney's diary p. 209, where CPE Bach tells us: “Among all my works, especially for the piano, there are just a few trios, solos and concerts, which I have made with all freedom and for my own use.”
  5. ↑ Lothar Hoffmann inheritance law: With all freedom. Mainz 1993, p. 57.
  6. ↑ Note the corresponding graphic: The 1st concert movement .
  7. ↑ Cf. on this technique in CPE Bach's piano concertos Hans Uldall : Das Klavierkonzert , Leipzig 1928, p. 17 as well as the associated graphic: Tutti and recapitulation of the 1st concert movement .
  8. ↑ Cf. Thomas Röder : Das Konzert , ed. by Siegfried Mauser (= Handbook of Musical Genres, Volume 4), Laaber 2000, p. 209 f.
  9. ↑ Cf. Arnfried Edler : CPE Bach's Piano Concertos in the Context of Contemporary Genre History in Northern Germany , in: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Music for Europe. Report on the International Symposium from March 8th to March 12th 1994 in the context of the 29th Frankfurt Festival of Music, ed. by Hans-Günter Ottenberg (= Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach Concepts, Special Volume 2), Frankfurt / Oder 1998, p. 263.
  10. ↑ Cf. Leon Clickmore: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach`s Harpsichord Concertos , in: Music and Letters, Heft 39, New York 1958, p. 233.
  11. ↑ Also note the musical text: https://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP112073-Bach-CPE_Concerto_Cembalo_W23.pdf .
  12. ↑ Note the musical text above or the following audio reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4KVoJbAvQ .