Bach at School: Toccatas 3

J.S Bach taught at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where music was not just a practical exercise but part of the Liberal Arts canon, consisting of the ‘trivium’ (grammar, logic, rhetoric) and the ‘quadrivium’ (astronomy, arithmetic, geometry, and music). The final talk explores how Bach’s musical rhetoric is shaped by this academic approach and influences his choice of texts, topics, and genres.

Programme:
Toccata in D major BWV 912
Violin Sonata in G major BWV 1021
Gamba Sonata in G minor BWV 1029
Toccata in G major BWV 916