Rethinking Bach / edited by Bettina Varwig.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This book a offers a multitude of provocative new perspectives on one of the most iconic composers in the Western classical tradition. Its collective rethinking of some of our most cherished narratives and deeply held beliefs about Johann Sebastian Bach will allow readers to see the man in a new light and to hear his music with new ears.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Histories

1. Bach and Material Culture / Stephen Rose

2. Rethinking 1829 / Ellen Exner

3. Post/Colonial Bach / Yvonne Liao

pt. II Bodies

4. Bach and the Soprano Voice / Wendy Heller

5. Embodied Invention: Bach at the Keyboard / Bettina Varwig

6. Rethinking Affect / Isabella Van Elferen

pt. III Meanings

7. Bach and Theology / Jeremy Begbie

8. Bach the Humorist / David Yearsley

9. Rethinking Bach Codes / Daniel R. Melamed

10. Bach's Works and the Listener's Viewpoint / John Butt

pt. IV Currents

11. Bach's Chorale Pedagogy / Derek Remes

12. Rethinking Editions: Mass, Missa, and Monument Culture / Joshua Rifkin

13. Bach against Modernity / Michael Marissen

14. Bach Anxiety: A Meditation on the Future of the Past / Michael Markham.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Rethinking Bach.

ISBN:

0190943890

9780190943899

OCLC:

1253033330

Publisher Number:

99989231476