A Chord in Time by Mark Ellis

Author:Mark Ellis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge

Mass in B minor

The Mass in B minor, once thought to date mainly from the 1730s, is now considered to be the work that occupied Bach’s creative powers to the end; the infirmity of the handwriting and incessant corrections reflect this painstaking road towards perfection.19 The mass contains seven unambiguous and related examples of the augmented sixth. Significantly, six of these occur in close proximity within near-successive sections of the Credo (Table 5.1).20

Table 5.1 Augmented sixths in Bach’s Mass in B Minor

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