Rethinking Bach / edited by Bettina Varwig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varwig, Bettina, 1978- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : 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:

Cover

Rethinking Bach

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Introduction: (Still) Talking about Bach

Part I. Histories

1. Bach and Material Culture

2. Rethinking 1829

3. Post/​Colonial Bach

Part II. Bodies

4. Bach and the Soprano Voice

5. Embodied Invention: Bach at the Keyboard

6. Rethinking Affect

Part III. Meanings

7. Bach and Theology

8. Bach the Humorist

9. Rethinking Bach Codes

10. Bach's Works and the Listener's Viewpoint

Part IV. Currents

11. Bach's Chorale Pedagogy

12. Rethinking Editions: Mass, Missa, and Monument Culture

13. Bach against Modernity

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

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-094391-2

0-19-094392-0

0-19-094390-4

OCLC:

1273979143