Sei solo : symbolum? : the theology of J. S. Bach's solo violin works / Benjamin Shute.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shute, Benjamin, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten--violin--BWV 1001-1006.

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Violin music.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750--Criticism and interpretation.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750--Religion.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.

Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Music.

Religion.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene : Pickwick Publications, [2016]

Summary:

One of the jewels in the crown of Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred music is its use of astonishingly subtle and complex allegorical and representational devices. But when similar devices appear in the context of one of Bach's untexted, secular, instrumental collections such as the Six Solos (sonatas and partitas) for violin, the question arises whether he might be intending to embed discernible theological significances there as well, thus infusing the secular with the sacred. Such designs would be reasonably plausible within Bach's musical, cultural, and religious context. Shute carefully investigates the extent to which musical features of the Six Solos that seem to invite theological parallels may indeed have been intended to do so. Although the precise extent of Bach's intentions cannot be ascertained with certainty, the degree of correlation among strong potential signifiers would seem to suggest that they, and many other features of the Six Solos, are best explained as the product of extensive theological-allegorical designs on Bach's part, like those evident in his texted vocal music. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Issues of Structure and Style in the Ciaccona 18

3 "Al riverso": Resurrection Imagery in the C-Major Fuga 38

4 A Broader Theological Schema in the Sei Solo? 73

5 Number Correlations in the Partias 97

6 A Hermeneutic Overview of the Sei Solo 115.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index.

ISBN:

9781498239417

1498239439

9781498239431

1498239412

OCLC:

951712963

Publisher Number:

99969013435