Sound Dialog: Louis and Visual

Penrod
10 Seconds Title Page: Bach Rocks!
Pretty Loud CUIN 6340, Spring, 2020, Philip Ahern
Bach Brandenburg
Concerto No. 2, 3rd
movement Picture of Johann Sebastian Bach

45 Seconds - softer Louis: O.K., Penrod, Title Page: Bach Rocks!

Bach Brandenburg my friend. Let me play
Concerto No. 2, 3rd some great classical Picture of Johann Sebastian Bach
movement continues music for you, and
maybe I can give you
some feeling for why
many people consider
J.S. Bach to be the
greatest classical
composer of them all.

Penrod: The only

people that like
classical music, and
especially Bach’s
music, are music
majors like you, Louis,
and a small number of
classical music geeks.

Louis: Wait a minute,

Penrod! A lot of
people have bought
recordings of Bach’s
music over the years.
Here’s one of his
biggest hits. You
probably heard it in
the Walt Disney
movie, Fantasia.

20 seconds - loud Youtube excerpt: Bach: Tocatta and Fugue in D

Bach: Tocatta and Minor (from Walt Disney’s Fantasia)
Fugue in D Minor – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6u-2NDsEgA
Disney’s Fantasia

10 seconds – softer Penrod: That was a Youtube excerpt: Bach: Tocatta and Fugue in D
Tocatta and Fugue in pretty good video – I’ll Minor (from Walt Disney’s Fantasia)
D Minor – Disney grant you that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6u-2NDsEgA

Louis: Or maybe
you’ve heard this
version. This is more
like the authentic
version, since Bach
wrote it for organ, not
for orchestra.
15 seconds Youtube excerpt: Bach: Tocatta and Fugue in D
Tocatta and Fugue in Minor - organ
D Minor – organ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
(pretty loud)
20 seconds - softer Penrod: It sounds like Youtube excerpt: Bach: Tocatta and Fugue in D
Tocatta and Fugue in a madman expressing Minor - organ
D Minor – organ chaos. I hate organ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
continues music.

Louis: The
Brandenburg
Concertos are pretty
big hits, too. The first
thing I played for you
tonight was the
Brandenburg
Concerto No. 2, 3rd
movement. Here’s
the first movement.
20 seconds - loud Youtube excerpt: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.
Brandenburg 2, 1st movement
Concerto No. 2, 1st https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-l5sF8Vp8
movement
20 seconds – softer Louis: You’ll have to Youtube excerpt: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.
Brandenburg admit that Bach did 2, 1st movement
Concerto No. 2, 1st come up with some https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-l5sF8Vp8
movement big hits, but I’ll
continues acknowledge that
many people are not
even aware that he
existed. Still – I’m
guessing that virtually
all musicians know
about Bach and love
his music.

25 seconds – softer Penrod: You mean Youtube excerpt: Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.
Bach Brandenburg virtually all classical 2, 1st movement
Concerto No. 2, 1st musicians know about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z-l5sF8Vp8
movement Bach and love his
continues music.
Louis: What about
Chris Tile? I wouldn’t
call him a classical
musician. His roots
are in bluegrass
music. Listen to this
recording by Chris Tile
playing the mandolin.
It’s Bach’s Sonata No.
1 in G Minor, which
was originally written
for violin.
20 seconds - pretty Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for Violin (Chris Tile)
loud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3lH_Tevw5o
Sonata No. 1 in G
Minor for Violin
(IChris Tile)
25 seconds - softer Penrod: He can sure Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for Violin (Chris Tile)
Sonata No. 1 in G play fast on that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3lH_Tevw5o
Minor for Violin mandolin. But that’s
(IChris Tile) continues the problem – too
(not so loud) many notes. It’s
bewildering. And
there’s no words.

Louis: And what about

Stanley Jordan? He’s
not primarily a
classical musician. He
plays jazz, blues –
actually he can play
any style. It’s hard to
fit him into any
category. Here’s a
recording of Stanley
playing Bach’s Two-
Part Invention in A
Minor.
20 seconds – pretty Two-Part Invention in A Minor
loud (Stanley Jordan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZQIoIMB00
Two-Part Invention in
A minor
30 seconds – not so Louis: Did you notice Bach: Two-Part Invention in A Minor
loud how Stanley Jordan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZQIoIMB00
Two-Part Invention in was playing more
A minor than one melody at
the same time –
different melodies in
each hand? That’s
counterpoint. Bach
excelled at creating
fugues and
inventions, which are
compositions that
feature counterpoint.
Bach could even
improvise a fugue –
like a jazz player
improvising a solo. I
mean he could sit
down at a keyboard
and play a fugue that
had never been
played before.

Penrod: Counterpoint
is mathematics, not
music.
10 seconds – not so Louis: Here’s a Bach: Two-Part Invention in A Minor
loud talented group of rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZQIoIMB00
Two-Part Invention in musicians playing
A minor Bach’s Bouree in E
Minor. The band is
called Son of a Bach.

Penrod: Hmm, very

clever name.
15 seconds – pretty Youtube: Bach: Bouree in E Minor
loud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Kyap5BTfo
Bach: Bouree in E
Minor
10 seconds – not so Louis: Anyway, I could Youtube: Bach: Bouree in E Minor
loud show you many more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Kyap5BTfo
Bach: Bouree in E examples of rock
Minor musicians playing
music by J.S. Bach.
But I should play
some of Bach’s
religious music for
you.
25 seconds – not loud Louis: One of the Youtube: Bach: Bouree in E Minor
Bach: Bouree in E most important https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Kyap5BTfo
Minor characteristics of J.S.
Bach was that he was
a deeply religious man
– a devout Christian.
For most of his life he
was employed by a
church, and he wrote
many religious works.
Even his non-religious
works have a spiritual
quality.

Penrod: Exactly!
That’s why Bach will
never be as popular as
you would like. Not
everyone in the world
is a Christian. Millions
of non-Christians are
turned away by his
religious music.

20 seconds – soft Louis: Not Bach: “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”, from the St.
“Erbarme dich, mein necessarily. Listen to Matthew Passion (Fadia El Hage)
Gott”, from the St. this recording of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZzxLJGrru0
Matthew Passion Bach’s “Erbarme dich,
(Fadia El Hage) mein Gott” (“Have
mercy, my God”),
sung by Fadia El Hage,
from Lebanon. She’s
translated the words
into Arabic. It’s clear
that she completely
understands the
spiritual meaning of
Bach’s music, which
reaches out to all
people of all religious
beliefs.

15 seconds – loud Bach: “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”, from the St.
“Erbarme dich, mein Matthew Passion (Fadia El Hage)
Gott”, Fadia El Hage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZzxLJGrru0
continues
 20 seconds – soft Louis: Well. Have I Bach: “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”, from the St.
Bach: “Erbarme dich, convinced you that Matthew Passion (Fadia El Hage)
mein Gott”, (Fadia El Johann Sebastian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZzxLJGrru0
Hage) continues Bach was the greatest
composer who ever
lived?

Penrod: No! I don’t

get any feeling from
Bach’s music, or from
any classical music. It
doesn’t get through to
me.

Louis: O.K., my friend.

Thanks for listening.

15 seconds – soft Louis: I can sum up Bach: “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”, from the St.
“Erbarme dich, mein this conversation with Matthew Passion (Fadia El Hage)
Gott”, from the St. Penrod by making a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZzxLJGrru0
Matthew Passion slight change in one
(Fadia El Hage) of Abraham Lincoln’s
continues famous statements:
you can please some
of the people all the
time, and you can
please all of the
people some of the
time, but you can’t
please some people
any time.
60 seconds –loud Bach: “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”, from the St.
“Erbarme dich, mein Matthew Passion (Fadia El Hage)
Gott”, from the St. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZzxLJGrru0
Matthew Passion
(Fadia El Hage)
continues to the end
Bach Rocks!
Louis and Penrod are college students and roommates. Louis is a music major, planning to be a high-
school band director and music teacher. Penrod has not decided on his major yet. They are having a
late-night conversation.

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