| [ Music ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): guest (snowbird) 날 짜 (Date): 1994년03월18일(금) 18시30분05초 KST 제 목(Title): Chaconne This evening, my friend and I listened to an old reel-tape recording of Bach's Chaconne, transcribed for orchestra by A. Walter Kramer. To me, this sounded like organ mostly, or sometimes a whole band of violins playing. Different tastes... The original piece is, as most of us know, from the last movement of the unaccompanied D minor partita for violin. This piece is regarded as the classic of classics in the violin-recital repertory. As to whether Bach was a great violinist and what his style was like, there is no way of telling now because of vague records. We can easily find transcription for other instruments, some for guitar, piano, and accordion. If my memory serves me right, this transcription is one of few for orchestra (total three ?). Out of curiosity, I browsed over Bach's biographies for some comments on Chaconne. Philip Spitta wrote, "A triumph spirit over matter." Albert Schweizer mentioned, "The piece conjures up a whole world-we seem to hear sorrow contending with pain, till at last they blend in a mood of profound resignation." --- "so as to give the hearer relief and to heighten the effect of the polyphony." Hm... I see... snowbird |