Bach and the High Baroque

Join Professor Robert Greenberg to explore the emotional power, religious devotion, technical virtuosity, diverse national styles, and sheer genius of Johann Sebastian Bach.

• By This Professor
• 01: Introduction
• 02: Christmas, 1722
• 03: Introduction to the Baroque Aesthetic
• 04: Fugue
• 05: Historical Overview from Constantine through the Great Thinkers of the Baroque
• 06: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part I-A Musical Glossary
• 07: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part II-A Musical Glossary
• 08: Style Features of High Baroque Music, Part III-A Musical Glossary
• 09: Bach's Inheritance, Part I-The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of Lutheranism
• 10: Lutheranism, the Chorale and the Chorale Prelude
• 11: Bach's Inheritance, Part II-The Development of the Italian Style
• 12: The Italian Style, The Operatic Ideal and Lutheran Spirituality are Joined
• 13: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part I-Vivaldi and the Venetian Opera
• 14: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part II-Vivaldi's Model and Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major
• 15: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part II-Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major (cont.)
• 16: Vivaldi, Bach and the Concerto, Part III-The Concerto Grosso and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
• 17: Bach and the French Style, Part I-Dance and the Orchestral Suite
• 18: Dance and the Orchestral Suite (cont.)
• 19: Bach and the French Style, Part II-The Keyboard Suite
• 20: The Keyboard Suite (cont.)
• 21: Bach and Opera, Part I-Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme
• 22: Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf, uns ruft die stimme (cont.)
• 23: Bach and Opera, Part II-Opera Buffa and the Secular Cantata, The Coffee Cantata
• 24: Opera Buffa and the Secular Cantata, The Coffee Cantata (cont.)
• 25: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part I
• 26: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part II
• 27: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part III
• 28: Bach Transcendent-The Saint Matthew Passion, Part IV
• 29: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part I
• 30: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part II
• 31: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part III
• 32: Bach Transcendent-The Goldberg Variations, Part IV