Hearing Bach's Passions / Daniel R. Melamed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melamed, Daniel R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Passions.

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Passion music--Analysis, appreciation.

Passion music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bach's surviving passions are an essential part of the modern repertory. These large, complex pieces are well loved, but behind these familiar passion settings lurk questions and problems that emerge from our distance from their original context. Bach scholar Daniel Melamed provides unique insight into Bach's passion settings. ""Hearing Bach's Passions"" uses the Bach repertory to introduce readers to some of the intriguing issues in the study and performance of older music, and explores what it means to listen to this music today.

Contents:

Performing forces and their significance. Vocal forces in Bach's Passions ; Singers and roles in Bach's Passions

Passions in performance. The double chorus in the St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 ; Which St. John Passion BWV 245? ; A St. Mark Passion makes the rounds

Phantom Passions. Parody and reconstruction : the St. Mark Passion BWV 247 ; Bach/not Bach : the anonymous St. Luke Passion BWV 246.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-049012-8

0-19-988346-7

0-19-534703-X

1-60256-736-0

1-4237-2057-1

1-280-53441-9

OCLC:

191038548