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Bach & God / Michael Marissen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marissen, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian.
- 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--Religion.
- Church music--Lutheran Church--18th century.
- Church music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Titlepage; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Preface ; Credits ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; PART I Basic Lutheranism in Cantatas ; 1. On the Musically Theological in Bach's Cantatas ; 2. Historically Informed Readings of the Librettos from Bach's Cantatas
- PART II Taking Up Anti-.Judaism in Cantatas 3. Bach's Cantata on the Destruction of Jerusalem ; 4. Bach's Cantatas and "the Jews" in the Gospel of John ; PART III Not Taking Up Anti-.Judaism in Passion Settings ; 5. Bach's St. John Passion and "the Jews"
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-060697-5
- 0-19-060698-3
- 0-19-060696-7
- OCLC:
- 953456383
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