Awards

• Winner of *Choice* Outstanding Academic Book 2006.
• Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2006.

Overview

This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar. This work is widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the Bach cantatas. It begins with a historical survey of the seventeenth-century background to the cantatas, and performance practice issues. The core of the book is a work-by-work study in which each cantata in turn is represented by its libretto, a synopsis of its movements, and a detailed analytical commentary. This format makes it extremely useful as a reference work for anyone listening to, performing in, or studying any of the Bach cantatas.In this edition all the cantata librettos are given in German-English parallel text. The most recent (sixth) German edition appeared in 1995. For the English edition the text has been carefully revised to bring it up to date, taking account of Bach scholarship since that date.

Full Product Details

Author:   Alfred Dürr (, Honorary doctorates from Baldwin-Wallace College Ohio and Oxford University) ,  Richard Jones (, Editor for the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   1.580kg
ISBN:  

9780198167075

ISBN 10:   0198167075
Pages:   984
Publication Date:   09 June 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations Abbreviations Part 1 Introduction to Bach's cantatas 1: History of the cantata before Bach 2: Development of the Bach Cantata 3: Performance pratice in Bach's cantatas Part 2 Church Cantatas 1: Cantatas for the church year: Advent to Trinity 2: Cantatas for the church year: First to Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity 3: The Marian Feasts 4: The Feast of St John the Baptist 5: The Feast of the Archangel Michael 6: The Reformation Festival 7: Church and Organ Consecration 8: Council Elections 9: Weddings 10: Funerals 11: Various occasions Part 3 Secular Cantatas 1: Festive music for the courts of Weimar, Wessenfels, and Cothen 2: Festive music for the Electoral House of Saxony 3: Festive music for Leipzig University celebrations 4: Festive music for Leipzig council and school celebrations 5: Leipzig music of homage for nobles and burghers 6: Weddings 7: Various occasions Appendix: Doubtful and spurious cantatas Bibliography Indices

Reviews

For students studying Bach's cantatas, this book is the best reading material currently available. This is a book that every university library must have on its shelf. * Bach Bibliography Book Review03/12/06 *

For students studying Bach's cantatas, this book is the best reading material currently available. This is a book that every university library must have on its shelf. * Bach Bibliography Book Review *

For students studying Bach's cantatas, this book is the best reading material currently available. This is a book that every university library must have on its shelf. Bach Bibliography Book Review

Author Information

Alfred Dürr is one of the principal editors of the Neue Bach Ausgabe in which he edited 'Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier'. He holds honorary doctorates of music at Baldwin-Wallace College, Ohio and at Oxford University. ; Richard Jones is a Bach scholar who has been a music editor, writer and teacher since 1980. He studied at the University of Oxford and has taught at the universities of Cardiff and Sheffield. In 1997 he became the editor of the piano grade exam pieces for the Associated Board.

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