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Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas oratorio : music, theology, culture / Markus Rathey.
LIBRA ML410.B13 R287 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rathey, Markus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Weihnachts-Oratorium.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian.
- Weihnachts-Oratorium (Bach, Johann Sebastian).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 414 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 Prologue 1
- 2 Redefining Christmas 13
- 3 Layers of Time: The Theology of the Christmas Oratorio 50
- 4 Bach's Oratorio Concept 85
- 5 Planning the Oratorio 110
- 6 Dichotomies (Part I) 144
- 7 Mundane and Celestial Harmonies (Part II) 191
- 8 Inward Mobility (Part III) 239
- 9 "What's in a Name?" (Part IV) 271
- 10 Paths of Enlightenment (Part V) 306
- 11 The Bridegroom and the Enemy (Part VI) 349
- 12 Looking Ahead: An Epilogue 380.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rathey, Markus. Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas oratorio.
- ISBN:
- 9780190275259
- 0190275251
- OCLC:
- 932116152
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