Includes bibliographical references: leaves 169-176.
Contents
Introduction. Overture-suite and Bach ; The Overture in the French manner ; Methodology ; Literature ; Organization -- Motivic coherence. Surface repetitions ; Concealed repetitions. Verticalized melody ; Augmentation in bass ; Enlargement in the top voice ; Bass line becomes melodic figure ; Motivic aspects of large-scale harmonic structure -- Overture. The form of the 6/8 section ; The harmonic structure of the 6/8 section ; Metric organization. The "alla breve" of Bach's overtures ; Rhythmic organization in the first "alla breve" section ; Rhythmic organization in the 6/8 section. Conflicts and interactions among meter, melody, and harmony ; The change in accentual pattern ; Large-scale rhythmic process ; Rhythmic organization in the second "alla breve" section ; Conclusion --
Courante : the harmonic structure and the ambiguity of meter. Metric conflicts 2:3 ; Metric conflicts 3:2. With metric pattern and voice-leading agreement ; with metric pattern and voice-leading conflict -- Gavottes I and II : unaccented downbeat and accented upbeat. Gavotte I ; Gavotte II -- Passepied I and II : rhythm and harmony. Passepied I ; Passepied II -- Sarabande : phrasing. A four-measure phrase ; A phrase longer than four measures ; Measures that assume double functions -- Bourrées I and II : rhythmic figures. Bourrée I ; Bourrée II -- Gigue : conventional vs. unconventional -- Echo : form. Recurring passages ; Hidden repetitions -- Conclusion. Suggestions for further studies -- Appendix : the French overture in musicological discussions.
