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Author | : Melvin P. Unger |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 1996-04-16 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1461659051 |
Download Handbook to Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The German church cantata of the eighteenth century was the culmination of a long tradition of Lutheran "sermon music" that used the proclamation, amplification, and interpretation of scripture to teach and persuade the listener. Bach's cantatas also served this didactic purpose and typically incorporate numerous allusions to scriptural passages or themes in their librettos. Unfortunately, many of these passages remain obscure to the twentieth-century musician because they demand a much closer familiarity with the Bible than is common today. The Handbook to Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts identifies scriptural references for the wording, imagery, and themes that Bach's listeners would have known. In addition, the religious or literary theme of each text is summarized within the specific context of the cantata as a whole. With interlinear translations and a full complement of indexes.
Author | : Alfred Dürr |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 984 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0198167075 |
Download The Cantatas of J.S. Bach Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar.
Author | : Mark Ringer |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2021-04-15 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1538135574 |
Download Bach's Operas of the Soul Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Bach’s Operas of the Soul is the first introduction to Bach’s sacred cantatas for the general music lover. In clear and accessible language, Mark Ringer examines this vast output of masterpieces as the great musical dramatic creations that they. Bach’s sacred cantatas represent an almost superhuman artistic and spiritual achievement, arguably the richest investment by a great composer within a single genre. But outside of a handful of pieces, they remain a closed book to a majority of serious listeners already familiar with Bach’s large-scale religious works. Nevertheless, the same musical-dramatic genius of Bach’s Passions is fully evident in virtually all of the composer's sacred cantatas. Ringer approaches the sacred cantatas as sermons in musical-dramatic form, un-staged operas, planned for each occasion of the church year. Bach’s era relished dramatic contrast, and his use of the human voice offers a constantly changing pallet of vocal colors. The singers play ‘roles’ throughout the cantatas from penitent sinner, to ardent believer, to Christ himself. This book is accompanied by online audio tracks of select Bach canatatas from the Naxos music library. It will be of use to readers interested in opera and vocal music who have already come to love Bach’s Passions and who want to familiarize themselves with this wide array of masterpieces.
Author | : Johann Sebastian Bach |
Publisher | : Warner Bros Publications |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780769295404 |
Download A Guide to the Bach Cantatas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A complete guide to the Bach sacred and secular cantatas by one of America's leading experts of Bach's choral works.
Author | : Bettina Varwig |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0190943890 |
Download Rethinking Bach Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book a offers a multitude of provocative new perspectives on one of the most iconic composers in the Western classical tradition. Its collective rethinking of some of our most cherished narratives and deeply held beliefs about Johann Sebastian Bach will allow readers to see the man in a new light and to hear his music with new ears.
Author | : Hans-Joachim Schulze |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2024-05-01 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0252056701 |
Download Commentaries on the Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Internationally recognized Bach authority Hans-Joachim Schulze authored a 225-part series on the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. In this collection, James A. Brokaw II translates a selection of the essays, illuminating a wide range of biographical and cultural features of Bach’s life and creative milieu. Schulze’s lively and engaging discussions provide a wealth of rewarding insights and perspectives focusing on individual cantatas, their texts, and the questions of chronology and context that attend them. The University of Illinois Press has paired the volume with a special web-based companion overseen by the translator and hosted by the Illinois Open Publishing Network. This online resource includes Brokaw’s translations of all 225 of Schulze’s essays alongside digital tools for searching, sorting, and bundling the commentaries according to date of composition, position within the liturgical church year sequence, and librettist.
Author | : Gordon Jones |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781574671803 |
Download Bach's Choral Music Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Johann Sebastian Bach produced a remarkable body of works for chorus. He wrote hundreds of cantatas and many other pieces for choir, including motets, oratorios, passions, and liturgical works in Latin. One of these, the celebrated Mass in B Minor, is considered by many to be the crowning glory not merely of Bach's career but of all music ever written.
Author | : Johann Sebastian Bach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
Download Cantata Texts, Sacred and Secular Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : W. Murray Young |
Publisher | : Jefferson, N.C. : MacFarland |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
Download The Cantatas of J.S. Bach Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A thorough and invaluable reference for students of music, church groups, listeners and performers, this work translates the libretti, or text, of each of 253 sacred and secular cantatas by Bach into current, readable English and provides interpretative commentary on each movement. The cantatas are listed chronologically according to the town or city where Bach composed them. The sacred cantatas are discussed first, followed by secular ones. The Easter, Ascension, and Christmas oratorios are covered iin great detail. The text includes biographical information whenever relevant. An appendix lists the three cantata types (free--that is, based directly on the Bible and treated by Bach as he wished for choir and soloists; solo; and chorale) by their BWV (Bachwerke Verzeichnis) numbers. The general index also includes names of librettists and places involved in the writing or performing of the cantatas.
Author | : Alfred Dürr |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 984 |
Release | : 2005-06-09 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0191058130 |
Download The Cantatas of J. S. Bach Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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. All the cantata librettos are given in German-English parallel text. For the English edition the text has been carefully revised to bring it up to date, taking account of recent Bach scholarship.