Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

Table 8. 4 Event structure analysis. J.S. Bach Concerto for two Violins BWV 1043, 2nd movement [Only a few guide’s interventions are
included]
Episode/
Bars
A1
(1-4)
A2
(5-6)
Code Music INLA 5,5 ESMA 5,4 PIJØ 6,7 ANHO 4,7
SAAA 1,5
V Violin 2 I am going [Now come the [What do you [Would you
V introduces the nowhere. [Allow two violins, who see?] They are like to stay with
S
V
perfectly
balanced main
theme and violin
yourself to stay
where you are
and play with it]
speak so well
together. Pay
attention – they
busy in there.
They don’t
notice me.
the image of
dancing?]
Mmm.
1 answers with Heaven is light might say
the same theme blue now, something to
in the dominant, together with the you]
accompanied by
a semiquaver
obbligato in
violin 1.
pink.
V
R
(E)
Second theme
(falling sixth
ending with a
‘seufzer’) is
introduced by
V1, acc. by the
5 There are small
white clouds,
cotton wool
clouds.
[Would you like
them to?] No.
WIFU 6,3 Comments
(Before music
starts) I cannot
see what is in the
garden. Only
contours.
[Can you allow
yourself to let it
be like that?
Concentrate your
awareness on
sitting on the
bench with them]
the little girl and
the bear? [Mm]
That’s what’s
important.
(Tears)
[Don’t mind the
garden].
7 [It is so
important to feel
the strong
emotions
connected to
sitting there]
The music introduces
two partners of ‘equal
birth’ playing a theme of
great beauty and wellbalanced
shape. The
mood is quiet and
peaceful (4).
The ‘seufzer’ theme
introduces a new quality
of expression: longing
or yearning (mood 3).