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Bach Perspectives, Volume 12 : Bach and the Counterpoint of Religion / edited by Robin A. Leaver.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bach perspectives ; Volume 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750--Criticism and interpretation.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian.
- Church music--Austria--Vienna--18th century.
- Church music.
- Sacred music--18th century--History and criticism.
- Sacred music.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Johann Sebastian Bach was a Lutheran and much of his music was for Lutheran liturgical worship. As these insightful essays in the twelfth volume of Bach Perspectives demonstrate, he was also influenced by--and in turn influenced--different expressions of religious belief. The vocal music, especially the Christmas Oratorio, owes much to medieval Catholic mysticism, and the evolution of the B minor Mass has strong Catholic connections. In Leipzig, Catholic and Lutheran congregations sang many of the same vernacular hymns. Internal squabbles were rarely missing within Lutheranism, for example Pietists' dislike of concerted church music, especially if it employed specific dance forms. Also investigated here are broader issues such as the close affinity between Bach's cantata libretti and the hymns of Charles Wesley; and Bach's music in the context of the Jewish Enlightenment as shaped by Protestant Rationalism in Berlin. Contributors: Rebecca Cypess, Joyce L. Irwin, Robin A. Leaver, Mark Noll, Markus Rathey, Derek Stauff, and Janice B. Stockigt.
- Contents:
- Historical proximity : John Wesley visits Leipzig in 1738 / by Mark Noll
- Dancing in Bach's time : sin or permissible pleasure? / by Joyce L. Irwin
- A Catholic hymnal for use in Lutheran Leipzig : Catholisches Gesang-Buch (Leipzig, 1724) / by Robin A. Leaver
- Liturgical music for a new elector : origins of Bach's 1733 Missa revisited / by Janice B. Stockigt
- Bach's Christmas oratorio and the mystical theology of Bernard of Clairvaux / by Markus Rathey
- The church under persecution : Bach's Cantatas for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany / by Derek Stauff
- Music historicism : Sara Levy and the Jewish enlightenment / by Rebecca Cypress.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-04821-0
- 0-252-05071-1
- OCLC:
- 1057686583
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