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Author Marissen, Michael, author.

Title Bach & God / Michael Marissen.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML410 .B122 M34 B3 2016    DUE 05-10-24  ---
Description xxi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index.
Contents Basic Lutheranism in cantatas. On the musically theological in Bach's cantatas ; Historically informed readings of the librettos from Bach's cantatas -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Subject Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Passions.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Musikalisches Opfer.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Criticism and interpretation.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Religion.
Religion.
Church music -- Lutheran Church.
Church music -- Lutheran Church.
Cantatas (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Musikalisches Opfer (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Passions (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750.
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Title Bach and God
ISBN 9780190606954 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0190606959