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That Johann Sebastian Bach is a pivotal figure in the history of Western music is hardly news, and the magnitude of his achievement is so immense that it can be difficult to grasp. In About Bach, fifteen scholars show that Bach's importance extends from choral to orchestral music, from sacred music to musical parodies, and also to his scribes and students, his predecessors and successors. Further, the contributors demonstrate a diversity of musicological approaches, ranging from close studies of Bach's choices of musical form and libretto to wider analyses of the historical and cultural backgrounds that impinged upon his creations and their lasting influence. This volume makes significant contributions to Bach biography, interpretation, pedagogy, and performance. Contributors are Gregory G. Butler, Jen-Yen Chen, Alexander J. Fisher, Mary Dalton Greer, Robert Hill, Ton Koopman, Daniel R. Melamed, Michael Ochs, Mark Risinger, William H. Scheide, Hans-Joachim Schulze, Douglass Seaton, George B. Stauffer, Andrew Talle, and Kathryn Welter.

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Author:   Gregory G. Butler ,  George Stauffer ,  Mary Dalton Greer ,  Gregory G. Butler
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780252033445

ISBN 10:   0252033442
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   03 July 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface   ix Abbreviations   xi BEFORE BACH A Master Teacher Revealed: Johann Pachelbel's Deutliche Anweisung   3 BY KATHRYN WELTER From the House of Aaron to the House of Johann Sebastian: Old Testament Roots for the Bach Family Tree   15 BY MARY DALTON GREER BACH'S VOCAL MUSIC Combinatorial Modeling in the Chorus Movement of Cantata 24, Ein ungefarbt Gemute   35 BY ALEXANDER J. FISHER Choral Unison in J. S. Bach's Vocal Music   53 BY DANIEL R. MELAMED You Say Sabachthani and I Say Asabthani: A St. Matthew Passion Puzzle   61 BY MICHAEL OCHS Sein Segen fliesst daher wie ein Strom, BWV Anh. I 14: A Source for Parodied Arias in the B-Minor Mass?   69 BY WILLIAM H. SCHEIDE BACH CIRCLE Johann Friedrich Schweinitz, ""A Disciple of the Famous Herr Bach in Leipzig""   81 BY HANS-JOACHIM SCHULZE Johann Christian Bach and the Church Symphony   89 BY JEN-YEN CHEN BACH'S INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Scribes, Engravers, and Notational Styles: The Final Disposition of Bach's Art of Fugue   111 BY GREGORY G. BUTLER Notes on J. S> Bach and Basso Continuo Realization   125 BY TON KOOPMAN Music for ""Cavaliers et Dames"": Bach and the Repertoire of His Collegium Musicum   135 BY GEORGE B. STAUFFER A Print of Clavieriibung 1 from J. S. Bach's Personal Library   157 BY ANDREW TALLE AFTER BACH Carl Reinecke's Performance of Mozart's Larghetto and the Nineteenth-Century Practice of Quantitative Accentuation   171 BY ROBERT HILL ""Grand Miscellaneous Acts"": Observations on Oratorio Performance in London after Haydn   181 BY MARK RISINGER Back from B-A-C-H: Schumann's Symphony No. 2 in C Major   191 BY DOUGLASS SEATON Contributors   207 Index   211"

Reviews

The authors of this volume advance the leading edge of musical scholarship through their knowledgeable studies of Bach and his period. Scholars around the world will want to read this. Stephen A. Crist, editor of Bach Perspectives, Volume 5: Bach in America

Author Information

Gregory G. Butler is a professor of musicology at the University of British Columbia and the editor of Bach Perspectives, Volume 7: J. S. Bach's Concerted Ensemble Music: The Concerto. George B. Stauffer is a professor of music and Dean of the Mason Gross School of Arts at Rutgers University. He has published seven books, including Bach: The Mass in B Minor. Mary Dalton Greer is the founder and director of the series Cantatas in Context, in collaboration with the Orchestra of St. Luke's. She has taught at Yale and Montclair State University.

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