Music Preference 1 - Brent Hugh's personal and business web pages

Music Preference 84
Presentations given to all groups were videotaped. To give an idea of the content of the
informational presentations, outlines of informational presentations were prepared from these
videotapes. These outlines represent the main ideas presented in the informational presentations
but not necessarily the precise language or phrasing used in the presentations.
The four presentations outlined below were given to two different subgroups of group HS.
The first subgroup heard informational presentations about Capriccio and Funérailles; the second
subgroup heard presentations about Fantasy and Carnaval.
Outline of informational introduction
J.S. Bach: Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother
The capriccio was written when Bach was seventeen years old. This work tells the story of
Bach's brother and his friends when the brother enlisted in the army. Each movement tells part of
the story (movement I: friends try to convince the brother to stay home; II: misfortunes that will
happen to brother while traveling; III: lament for departure of brother; IV: celebration on
departure of brother; V: postillion's air, explanation of postillion; VI: fugue based on the
postillion's air). Explanation of fugue with musical illustrations of the fugue subject and
demonstration of how voices are played in counterpoint to the subject over the course of the
fugue. Demonstration of the "whip-crack" motive and how it is combined contrapuntally with the
main subject. [Total length of presentation: 3 minutes 40 seconds]
Performance
Fugue from Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother, J. S. Bach [Total length of
performance: 2 minutes 30 seconds]