Parallel octaves in the Christmas Oratorio. Bach - just subversive, or secretly the antichrist? Happy holidays!
BWV 248, XIX. Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh’

Parallel octaves in the Christmas Oratorio. Bach - just subversive, or secretly the antichrist? Happy holidays!

BWV 248, XIX. Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh’

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  1. agummybearwithalisp reblogged this from bachdidwhat
  2. forever-lost-in-love reblogged this from musicalmelody and added:
    oooooooohhhhh bad!!!!!!
  3. peacelovemusic09 reblogged this from spaceballs-the-url and added:
    Besides, Bach did whatever the hell he wanted. Because he was Bach.
  4. soul-is-over reblogged this from tmad40blue and added:
    but aren’t parallel fifths worse than parallel octaves in 2 voice counterpoint? at least that’s what our prof says i...
  5. looneylovegood reblogged this from seohayoung
  6. tmad40blue reblogged this from soul-is-over and added:
    ^ Hence why they said PARALLEL OCTAVES. lrn2read
  7. siberuang reblogged this from musicalmelody
  8. soul-is-over reblogged this from the-life-quixotic and added:
    they ain’t no parallel fifths
  9. seohayoung reblogged this from musicalmelody and added:
    Damn…Bach you are such a badass
  10. portraitofasmile reblogged this from opera4breakfast and added:
    784. I have secretly thought for years that JSB is actually a time-traveling music-writing robot. the man was the man!...
  11. operajunkie reblogged this from opera4breakfast
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  16. notasgothastheysayweare reblogged this from saccharinenostalgia and added:
    AHAHAHAHAAH music theory problems. Bach could never be the antichrist.
  17. kathrynaurelia reblogged this from musicalmelody
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  20. selfesteampunk reblogged this from musicalmelody and added:
    I vote we send this blog to Dr. Klumpenhouwer.
  21. saccharinenostalgia reblogged this from musicalmelody
  22. the-life-quixotic reblogged this from saccharinenostalgia
  23. spaceballs-the-url reblogged this from j0din and added:
    Seriously… don’t even think that you can best Bach on this stuff =P
  24. j0din reblogged this from musicalmelody and added:
    They’re not parallel octaves if there are rests there..
  25. tromboner4 reblogged this from musicalmelody
  26. musicalmelody reblogged this from bachdidwhat
  27. geekgirlintraining reblogged this from bachdidwhat and added:
    *gasp* They’re everywhere! O_O Bach, what were you on?
  28. theunameabletheunknowable reblogged this from paranoiasinbloom