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Topic: Bach and the ecstatic tradition of the Baroque  (Read 1715 times)

Offline forte88

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Bach and the ecstatic tradition of the Baroque
on: July 21, 2012, 09:34:44 PM
Often devotional music is used in one breath with the ecstatic, what is it and is the reason we lost it got something to do with the upcoming age of individuality?When it became more about the singer not the song. Is, to quote Glenn Gould, :"solitude a prerequisite for the ecstatic" and the egodriven music of today antithetical to the selfreflective ecstatic music of the past

Any input from the forums connaisseurs would be greatly appreciated
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Re: Bach and the ecstatic tradition of the Baroque
Reply #1 on: July 22, 2012, 11:54:21 PM
I don't believe the tradition has been lost. In a more secular age, it is often found in music which is not so "devotional" in nature, but there is still plenty of it out there.
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Re: Bach and the ecstatic tradition of the Baroque
Reply #2 on: July 23, 2012, 07:54:33 AM
Quote from: j_menz on July 22, 2012, 11:54:21 PM
I don't believe the tradition has been lost. In a more secular age, it is often found in music which is not so "devotional" in nature, but there is still plenty of it out there.

So how would you define the ecstatic in music?
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