The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach

The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 517
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ISBN-10 : 9781442232914
ISBN-13 : 1442232919
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach by : Andre Pirro

The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach (L’Esthéthique de Jean-Sébastien Bach), by the celebrated French musicologist André Pirro (1869‒1943), was originally published in 1907 and reissued in 1973. It is offered here for the first time in English, as translated by Joe Armstrong. Pirro’s work is based primarily on an examination of the close relationships between language and music in Bach’s vocal works and provides us with an extensive and well-researched “lexicon” of the expressive resources of Bach and his contemporaries. Pirro’s study thus serves as a still sound basis for understanding and interpreting Bach’s instrumental works. Pirro’s engaging analysis that has informed and even moved discerning readers for more than a century. This translation introduces his work to a new audience of performers, music teachers and their students, composers, musicologists, and all who wish to have a greater understanding of the expressive import of Bach’s music.

Becoming Bach

Becoming Bach
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 45
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ISBN-10 : 9781626722866
ISBN-13 : 1626722862
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Becoming Bach by : Thomas Leonard

Highlights the life and achievements of the eighteenth-century German composer and musician, and examines the development of his most important compositions.

Bach & God

Bach & God
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780190606961
ISBN-13 : 0190606967
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Bach & God by : Michael Marissen

Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach's vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the librettos. Yet he also shows how Bach's pitches, rhythms, and tone colors can make contributions to a work's plausible meanings that go beyond setting texts in an aesthetically satisfying manner. In some of Bach's vocal repertory, the music puts a "spin" on the words in a way that turns out to be explainable as orthodox Lutheran in its orientation. In a few of Bach's vocal works, his otherwise puzzlingly fierce musical settings serve to underscore now unrecognized or unacknowledged verbal polemics, most unsettlingly so in the case of his church cantatas that express contempt for Jews and Judaism. Finally, even Bach's secular instrumental music, particularly the late collections of "abstract" learned counterpoint, can powerfully project certain elements of traditional Lutheran theology. Bach's music is inexhaustible, and Bach & God suggests that through close contextual study there is always more to discover and learn.

J. S. Bach's Material and Spiritual Treasures

J. S. Bach's Material and Spiritual Treasures
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781783275717
ISBN-13 : 1783275715
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis J. S. Bach's Material and Spiritual Treasures by : Noelle M. Heber

In Johann Sebastian Bach's Lutheran church setting, various biblical ideas were communicated through sermons and songs to encourage parishioners to emulate Christian doctrine in their own lives. Such narratives are based on an understanding that one's lifetime on earth is a temporal passageway to eternity after death, where souls are sent either to heaven or hell based on one's belief or unbelief. Throughout J. S. Bach's Material and Spiritual Treasures, Bach scholar Noelle M. Heber explores theological themes related to earthly and heavenly 'treasures' in Bach's sacred music through an examination of selected texts from Bach's personal theological library. The book's storyline is organised around biblical concepts that are accented in Lutheran thought and in Bach's church compositions, such as the poverty and treasure of Christ and parables that contrast material and spiritual riches. While focused primarily on the greater theological framework, Heber presents an updated survey of Bach's own financial situation and considers his apparent attentiveness to spiritual values related to money. This multifaceted study investigates intertwining biblical ideologies and practical everyday matters in a way that features both Bach's religious context and his humanity. This book will appeal to musicologists, theologians, musicians, students, and Bach enthusiasts.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 764
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ISBN-10 : 0151006482
ISBN-13 : 9780151006489
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Johann Sebastian Bach by : Martin Geck

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Evening in the Palace of Reason

Evening in the Palace of Reason
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9780007153930
ISBN-13 : 0007153937
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Evening in the Palace of Reason by : James Gaines

Tells the story of the history-making meeting between scorned master composer Johann Sebastian Bach and Prussia's Frederick the Great.

Cantata Texts, Sacred and Secular

Cantata Texts, Sacred and Secular
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 704
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015025411508
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Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Cantata Texts, Sacred and Secular by : Johann Sebastian Bach

The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach

The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 637
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ISBN-10 : 9781315452791
ISBN-13 : 1315452790
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach by : Robin Leaver

The Ashgate Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach provides an indispensable introduction to the Bach research of the past thirty-fifty years. It is not a lexicon providing information on all the major aspects of Bach's life and work, such as the Oxford Composer Companion: J. S. Bach. Nor is it an entry-level research tool aimed at those making a beginning of such studies. The valuable essays presented here are designed for the next level of Bach research and are aimed at masters and doctoral students, as well as others interested in coming to terms with the current state of Bach research. Each author covers three aspects within their specific subject area; firstly, to describe the results of research over the past thirty-fifty years, concentrating on the most significant and controversial, such as: the debate over Smend's NBA edition of the B minor Mass; Blume's conclusions with regard to Bach's religion in the wake of the 'new' chronology; Rifkin's one-to-a-vocal-part interpretation; the rediscovery of the Berlin Singakademie manuscripts in Kiev; the discovery of hitherto unknown manuscripts and documents and the re-evaluation of previously known sources. Secondly, each author provides a critical analysis of current research being undertaken that is exploring new aspects, reinterpreting earlier assumptions, and/or opening-up new methodologies. For example, Martin W. B. Jarvis has suggested that Anna Magdalena Bach composed the cello suites and contributed to other works of her husband - another controversial hypothesis, whose newly proposed forensic methodology requires investigation. On the other hand, research into Bach's knowledge of the Lutheran chorale tradition is currently underway, which is likely to shed more light on the composer's choices and usage of this tradition. Thirdly, each author identifies areas that are still in need of investigation and research.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 644
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ISBN-10 : 0199248842
ISBN-13 : 9780199248841
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Johann Sebastian Bach by : Christoph Wolff

Now available in paperback, this landmark biography was first published in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach's death. Written by a leading Bach scholar, this book presents a new picture of the composer. Christoph Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between Bach's life and his music, showing how the composer's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as a musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher.

Bach Perspectives 11

Bach Perspectives 11
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9780252050084
ISBN-13 : 0252050088
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Bach Perspectives 11 by : Mary Oleskiewicz

Among his numerous children, Johann Sebastian Bach sired five musically gifted sons. The eleventh volume of Bach Perspectives presents essays that explore these men’s lives and careers via distinctive and, in several cases, alternative and interdisciplinary methodologies. Robert L. Marshall traces how each of the sons grappled with—and at times suffocated beneath—their illustrious father’s legacy. Mary Oleskiewicz’s essay investigates the Bach family’s connections to historical keyboard instruments and musical venues at the Prussian court, while David Schulenberg looks at Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s diverse and innovative keyboard works. Evan Cortens digs into everything from performance materials to pay stubs to offer a detailed view of the business of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s liturgical music. Finally, Christine Blanken discusses how the rediscovery of Bach family musical manuscripts in the Breitkopf archive opens up new perspectives on familiar topics. A supplemental companion website is now available for Bach Perspectives 11. This resource features additional images, captions, and short descriptions to provide an essential supplement to the printed text.