So I'm trying to finish up this class I'm taking.. and we are covering Bach right now and I'm thinking on how I've heard a number of Bach pieces and I love the Cello ones.. but over all I don't think I've found something that has caught my ear... and that is usually the case with most things.. what tickles our fancy atm. So my ADHD is what it is and I'm trying to work on it.. in fact I need to address it for next year when I get back... speaking of which.
Prelude in C Minor.. now this I like. I may have heard it and I'm pretty sure I have. This is like.
Here's what prompted me from my homework...
"Because polyphony permeates much of his work during an era when most other composers were moving toward a more homophonic style, Bach's musical style may be viewed either as centuries ahead of its time or, as many did after his death, as a relic of the polyphonic music of an earlier period. Even works that are not strictly polyphonic, such as the famous Prelude in C major, have a thickness of texture not found in the music of most of his contemporaries."
Thickness of texture, specifically I understand this to be the fullness of the sound. That is how much the tonal range in your ear, that you perceive to be encompassing a majority of the sound range in your ear. This due to the different pitches, harmonies, and instruments. When I listen to Prelude in C Minor, I hear the successive notes being played constantly filling up the space with notes. The sustain on that one note...
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