Mellers brings theological, psychological, and philosophical perspective to Bach's music, beginning with the instrumental music (the cello suites and the WTC), then the St. Part I, Prelude Chapter 2, "Voice and Body, Bach's Cello Suites as an Apotheosis of the Dance." In Bach and the Dance of God.
"Bach's music for solo violin and solo cello is the ultimate manifestation of this "humanization' of an instrument," says Wilfrid Mellers (1914-2008, ). While Bach in Cöthen was perfecting the art of fugal writing beginning with the Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC), BWV 846-69, Book 1 ( ) and dance settings with the English Suites, BWV 812-17 ( (Bach)), which were first composed for Friedemann's pedagogical Clavierbüchlein in 1720, he also was compiling the first two collections of instrumental music, the solo string music for violin and cello: Six Partitas and Sonatas for Violin Solo, BWV 1001-1006 ( (Bach)) and the Six Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 ( (Bach)).īoth collections "create the maximum effect with a minimum of 'instrumental tools'," says Christoph Wolff, as "Bach the quintessential instrumentalist raises and redefines the technical standards of performing by fully exploiting the idiomatic qualities of the violin and cello." 1 The "free improvisatory and strict imitative realizations of his sonata-style movements and his suite (partita) dances with their rhythmic and textural flair reveal no deficiencies whatsoever when compared with the keyboard works from the same period." The string works "also epitomize virtuosity" and because of their singularity excel "to a degree ever greater than his keyboard works of comparable demands." These unique, unaccompanied works also reveal his compositional abilities to show "his command of dense counterpoint and refined harmony with distinctive and well-articulated rhythmic designs, especially in the dance movements." The two solo string collections had come into their own, following the playing of individual movements as encores, in the 1890s when premier violinist Joseph Joachim began playing all six solo violin works from Bach's autograph while cellist Pablo Casals discovered a print edition and championed the six cello suites. Hoffman wrote (October 28, 2019):Īt the same time recently that scholars began exploring Bach's chamber music also came studies (monographs) focusing primarily on the unaccompanied solo works. Works for Solo Violin & Solo Cello - DiscussionsĬhamber Music: Solo Violin, Cello Theology Recordings, Reviews & Discussions - Main Page
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