The crucifixion in music : an analytical survey of settings of the Crucifixus between 1680 and 1800 / Jasmin Melissa Cameron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Jasmin Melissa.

Series:

Contextual Bach studies ; no. 1.

Contextual Bach studies ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Passion music--17th century--History and criticism.

Passion music.

Passion music--18th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 371 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006.

Summary:

Unique and diverse in its approach, The Crucifixion in Music examines how text was set to music during the musicological period from 1680 to 1800, focusing on the Crucifixus from the Credo of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass. Combining analytical theory and method to address musical rhetoric, semiotics, and theory, Jasmin Melissa Cameron follows the Crucifixion through many settings in baroque and classical music.

In this first title in Scarecrow Press's Contextual Bach Studies series, Cameron explores musical representations of the text through a discussion that establishes a theoretical framework. She then applies the framework to individual case studies, such as Johann Sebastian Bach's B Minor Mass. By studying the musical representation of the text and the concepts and contexts to which the words refer, she examines the way the treatment of a literary text fuses into a recognizable musical tradition that composers can follow, develop, and modify. With equal time given to the settings of the Crucifixus by composers before and after Bach, the reader is provided with a more complete historical context of his genius. Cameron also combines the beliefs of past theorists with those of today, fostering a common ground and providing a basis and analytical foundation for further study.

Contents:

Part I The Liturgy and Its Musical Implications

1 The Crucifixus: An Overview 3

Part II Investigative Approaches

2 Music and Rhetoric: Representation of the Text as Conceived by Theorists of the Eighteenth Century 15

3 Modern Analytical Views Relevant to the Subject and Their Relationship to Rhetoric 32

Part III Analysis

4 A Musical Overview 57

5 Analytical Results 71

6 Adaptation of Preexisting Music for a Setting of the Crucifixus: J. S. Bach: Crucifixus from Mass in B Minor BWV 232 121

7 Organization of Texture and Text: Caldara: Crucifixus a 16 Voci 143

8 A Semiotic Analysis: Bertoni: Crucifixus con Organo a 4 Voci 152

9 A Rhetorical Analysis: Zelenka: Crucifixus from Missa Paschalis ZWV 7 161

10 Textual Influence: Vivaldi: Crucifixus from Credo RV 591 173

11 Constraints of Style: Lotti: Crucifixus Settings for Six and Ten Voices 184

12 Orchestral Practice and Crucifixus Conventions: Mozart, Haydn, and Beyond 192

13 The Crucifixus Tradition: Patterns of Influence and Modes of Transmission 209

A Crucifixus Settings 225

B Rhythmic Variants for Setting the Word "Crucifixus" 234

C A Comparison of Bach's Setting of the Crucifixus from the Mass in B Minor BWV 232 and the First Part of the Opening Chorus from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen BWV 12 241

D A. Caldara (8): Crucifixus a 16 Voci 254

E F. G. Bertoni (5): Crucifixus con Organo a 4 Voci 273

F A. Vivaldi (95): Crucifixus from Credo RV 591 278

G A. Lotti (59): Crucifixus a 6 284

H A. Lotti (60): Crucifixus a 10 295

I W. A. Mozart (84): Crucifixus from Kronungs-Messe KV 317 314

J F. J. Haydn (39): Crucifixus from Missa in Tempore Belli 326

K D. Cimarosa (16): Messa a 4 con Stromenti 334

Musical Index 367.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-357) and indexes.

ISBN:

0810852756

081085872X

OCLC:

62888209

Publisher Number:

9780810852754