The Socialand Religious Designs of J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos ✜ ICHAEL ARISSEN M M PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Copyright1995byPrincetonUniversityPress PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet, Princeton,NewJersey08540 IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniversityPress, Chichester,WestSussex AllRightsReserved LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Marissen,Michael. ThesocialandreligiousdesignsofJ.S.Bach’s BrandenburgConcertos/MichaelMarissen. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p.)andindex. eISBN 1-4008-0510-4 1.Bach,JohannSebastian,1685–1750.Brandenburgische Konzerte.I.Title. ML410.B13M27 1995 784.2′4—dc20 94-28688 This book has been composed in Baskerville For Mary And our son, Carl ✜ Erstößetdiegewaltigleben VomStuhldahin, UndkanndieNiedrigendagegenhocherheben. Fromacantataperformed byBachon2July1725 [God]putsdownthemighty Fromtheirthrones, Andcanhoweverexaltthoseoflowdegree. Luke1.52 ✜ Contents ✜ Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION Bach’s Musical Contexts 3 CHAPTERONE RelationshipsbetweenScoringandStructurein Individual Concertos 11 The First Brandenburg Concerto 16 The First Movement of the Sixth Brandenburg Concerto 35 The Fourth Brandenburg Concerto 62 CHAPTERTWO The Six Concertos as a Set 77 CHAPTERTHREE Lutheran Belief and Bach’s Music 111 Appendix1 Text-CriticalNotesonEarlyCopiesoftheSixth Brandenburg Concerto 121 Appendix2 NotesonBach’sNotationoftheGambaPartsinthe Margrave of Brandenburg’s Dedication Score 129 Works Cited 135 Index 145