Form and Analysis

BACH SUITE

English Suite #1

J.S. Bach wrote in many styles, his strong belief in his religion's god, adds a good measure to the image of Bach as a composer of Christian music, not to say religious composer, and if not to such extent, then at least a spiritual composer, who took on spiritual and religious themes. To Goldberg Variations, many attach a spiritual domain, yet the piece was written essentially as a substitute for sleeping pill for a count, and Bach would have laughed probably at the idea of Goldberg Variations as being spiritual, given the purpose for which the music was written for. Yet in suite #1, after hearing the recording for many times, looking at the score, listening and thinking about the piece, I felt that the piece was telling me something more than chord progression, something about its form suggested...