The Functional Pyramid in Bachian Music

Abstract

Being at the border between the polyphonic and the harmonic period, J.S. Bach’s creation represents a synthesis of the values of the past and the referential founding of the classic harmony. The exploitation of the field of his creation reveals the multitude of parametric nuances that the author combines in each opus, exquisitely offering a valuable simplicity, enriched by spirit and love. This study proposes a review of the functional presences and their continuation in different hypostases, imagined under the form of a pyramid of harmonies, part of Bach’s spectromorphologic universe.