Badinerie

• J.S. Bach


  Came From a Family of Musicians
• J.S. Bach


  • Born in the Thuringia region of Germany
  • Wrote in all genres except opera
  • Particularly known for instrumental music such as the Brandenburg Concertos and sacred choral music such as masses
  • Known for long flowing, expressive melodies
  • Skilled at writing contrapuntal music
• Keyboard instruments


  Such as the harpsichord and organ had major roles in many of Bach's works
• Badinerie


  The Final Movement in an Orchestral Suite
• Badinerie


  • Part of Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, composed between 1238 and 1739
  • One of seven movements in the suite
  • Other movements include Ouverture, Rondeau, Sarabande, Bourée, Polonaise, Menuet
  • Badinerie means 'jesting' or 'playful' in French
  • In binary form (AABB)
  • Section A is 16 bars, Section B is 24 bars
  • Starts in B minor, modulates to other keys
• The piece starts on an anacrusis (upbeat)
• Cadences

  • Perfect cadences (V-I) at the end of each section and at the end of phrases
  • Imperfect cadences (ii-V, I-V) also used
• Chord V


  Used frequently, especially at the perfect cadences
• Neapolitan chord


  A major triad formed from the flattened second note, often in first inversion
• Melody


  • Mainly quavers and semiquavers
  • Made up of two short motifs that are repeated and varied throughout
  • Both motifs start on an anacrusis
• First motif


  A quaver followed by two semiquavers, repeated three times then ending on a crotchet
• Second motif


  Three beats of semiquavers followed by a pair of quavers
• Accompaniment


  • Homophonic texture, mainly melody with accompaniment
  • Violins and violas play quavers to form the chords
  • Cello switches between accompanying quavers and the melody
  • Harpsichord provides the harmony through the basso continuo
• Baroque features


  • Sequences (ascending and descending)
  • Ornamentation (trills and appoggiaturas)
  • Terraced or stepped dynamics (typical in Baroque music)
• The original score has no dynamic markings, but the piece is usually played quite loud (forte)