The Imperishable Johann Sebastian: Dramatik

Abstract

That figurative sphere which may be defined by the conception of Dramatik is presented in Johann Sebastian Bach’s music in a very broad range, spanning from elegiac moods to a condensed dramaticism and even certain tragic qualities of world perception. His elegiac qualities have been interpreted in the range from emphatic sadness to emphasized melancholy. Dramatic figurativeness asserts itself with the greatest amount of distinctness in Bach’s music when the motives of depiction of the struggle of lie are depicted. In contrast to the struggles of a proud titanic nature, Bach turned upon numerous times to depicting the perturbed human spirit, which was naturally connected with heightened expression and complex psychologism. The composer elaborated most frequently the idea of the path of life, which was his first artistic discovery. Comprehending perfectly well the entire drama of human existence, Bach brought out in his music a humanistic conception of stirring confrontation with darkness and grief, and also that which according to its semantic essence may be defined by such conceptions as the special tenderness of the soul and deep commiseration to the sufferings of man.

Keywords: Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical legacy, sphere of dramatic images, elegy, motives of life struggle, idea of the path of life, humanistic concept