Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach

Author:   Mark A. Peters ,  Reginald L. Sanders ,  Robin A. Leaver ,  Wye J. Allanbrook
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Pages:   354
Publication Date:   06 July 2020
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Author:   Mark A. Peters ,  Reginald L. Sanders ,  Robin A. Leaver ,  Wye J. Allanbrook
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9781498554978


ISBN 10:   1498554970
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   06 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Series Editor Foreword Robin A. Leaver Preface Mark A. Peters and Reginald L. Sanders Paragram for Professor Dr. Don O. Franklin Ruth Tatlow Part I: Bach’s Vocal Music in Theological Context 1. In Honor of God and the City: Strategies of Theological and Symbolic Communication in Bach’s Cantata Gott ist mein König (BWV 71) Markus Rathey 2. Two “Johannine” Cantatas: Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (BWV 40) and Sehet, welch eine Liebe (BWV 64) Eric Chafe 3. Death to Life, Sorrow to Joy: Martin Luther’s Theology of the Cross and J. S. Bach’s Eastertide Cantata Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (BWV 103) Mark A. Peters 4. Toward an Understanding of J. S. Bach’s Use of Red Ink in the Autograph Score of the Matthew Passion Mary Greer 5. The Theological in Bach Research (2007) Martin Petzoldt Part II: Analytical Perspectives 6. Formal and Motivic Design in the Opening Chorus of J. S. Bach’s Magnificat Reginald L. Sanders 7. The Tonally Open Ritornello in J. S. Bach’s Church Cantatas Kayoung Lee 8. The Christian Believer and the Sleep of Jesus: “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” from J. S. Bach’s Matthew Passion Wye J. Allanbrook Part III: Bach’s Self-Modeling: Parody as Compositional Impetus 9. Parody and Text Quality in the Vocal Works of J. S. Bach Hans-Joachim Schulze 10. J. S. Bach’s Parodies of Vocal Music: Conservation or Intensification? Robin A. Leaver 11. J. S. Bach’s Dresden Trip and His Earliest Serenatas for Köthen Gregory Butler 12. Bach’s Second Thoughts on the Christmas Oratorio: The Compositional Revisions to “Bereite dich, Zion,” BWV 248/4 Steven Saunders 13. The Passions as a Source of Inspiration? A Hypothesis on the Origin and Musical Aim of Well-Tempered Clavier II Yo Tomita Part IV: The Reception of Bach’s Vocal Works 14. The Leipzig Audiences of J. S. Bach’s Matthew Passion to 1750 Tanya Kevorkian 15. The Vocal Music of the Bach Family in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works Jason B. Grant 16. The Need for a New Music: J. S. Bach in Contemporary Context (1946) William H. Scheide 17. Bach at the Boundaries of Music History: Preliminary Thoughts on the B-minor Mass and the Late Style Paradigm Robert L. Marshall About the Authors

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An admirable set of essays about an important body of music. Taken together, this collection significantly advances scholarly discourse about the vocal works of J. S. Bach. -- Stephen Crist, Emory University Don Franklin is a preeminent Bach scholar, and this volume of enlightening case studies on meaning in Bach's vocal music by his colleagues and former students is a marvelous tribute that does both Franklin and Bach a signal honor. -- Michael Marissen, author of Bach & God


An admirable set of essays about an important body of music. Taken together, this collection significantly advances scholarly discourse about the vocal works of J. S. Bach.--Stephen Crist, Emory University Don Franklin is a preeminent Bach scholar, and this volume of enlightening case studies on meaning in Bach's vocal music by his colleagues and former students is a marvelous tribute that does both Franklin and Bach a signal honor.--Michael Marissen, author of Bach & God


Don Franklin is a preeminent Bach scholar, and this volume of enlightening case studies on meaning in Bach's vocal music by his colleagues and former students is a marvelous tribute that does both Franklin and Bach a signal honor. -- Michael Marissen, author of Bach & God An admirable set of essays about an important body of music. Taken together, this collection significantly advances scholarly discourse about the vocal works of J. S. Bach. -- Stephen Crist, Emory University


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Mark A. Peters is professor of music at Trinity Christian College. Reginald L. Sanders is professor of music at Kenyon College.

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