Bach & God / Michael Marissen.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016Copyright date: 2016Description: xxi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190606954
  • 0190606959
Other title:
  • Bach and God
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML 410 .B13 M267 2016
Contents:
Part I. Basic Lutheranism in cantatas. On the musically theological in Bach's cantatas ; Historically informed readings of the librettos from Bach's cantatas -- Part II. Taking up anti-Judaism in cantatas. Bach's cantata on the destruction of Jerusalem ; Bach's cantatas and "the Jews" in the Gospel of John -- Part II. Not taking up anti-Judaism in Passion settings. Bach's St. John Passion and "the Jews" ; Blood, people, and crowds in Bach's St. Matthew Passion -- Part IV. Religious expression in secular chamber music. The theological character of Bach's Musical offering.
Summary: Bach & God explores the religious character of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging insights from detailed investigations of both words and music. Bach is inexhaustible, and Bach & God suggests that through close contextual study there is always more to discover and learn.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index.

Part I. Basic Lutheranism in cantatas. On the musically theological in Bach's cantatas ; Historically informed readings of the librettos from Bach's cantatas -- Part II. Taking up anti-Judaism in cantatas. Bach's cantata on the destruction of Jerusalem ; Bach's cantatas and "the Jews" in the Gospel of John -- Part II. Not taking up anti-Judaism in Passion settings. Bach's St. John Passion and "the Jews" ; Blood, people, and crowds in Bach's St. Matthew Passion -- Part IV. Religious expression in secular chamber music. The theological character of Bach's Musical offering.

Bach & God explores the religious character of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging insights from detailed investigations of both words and music. Bach is inexhaustible, and Bach & God suggests that through close contextual study there is always more to discover and learn.

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