Bach in the world : music, society, and representation in Bach's cantatas / Markus Rathey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rathey, Markus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cantatas--Germany--18th century--History and criticism.

Cantatas.

Music--Political aspects--Germany--History--18th century.

Music.

Music--Social aspects--Germany--History--18th century.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas.

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

'Bach in the World' offers a new exploration of Bach's music as it functioned within rituals and as a place where socio-political norms were perpetuated and sometimes even challenged.

Contents:

Cover

Bach in the World

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Translations

1. Introduction

2. Music, Space, and Symbolic Communication in Bach's Installation Cantatas

3. Music as Spiritual Practice and Political Message: The Theology of Bach's Cöthen Cantatas

4. Trumpets, Drums, and Thundering Cannons: The Te Deum laudamus in Civic Ceremonies

5. Cantatas as Multisensory Spectacles: Beyond the Score of BWV 215

6. Defeminizing Virtue: Gender Identities in Bach's Secular Cantatas of the 1730s

7. Taming the Coquette: Literary Conventions and Compositional Processes in the Coffee Cantata BWV 211

8. The "Wonderful Play" of Music: An Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Rathey, Markus Bach in the World

ISBN:

0-19-757886-1

0-19-757887-X

0-19-757885-3