Bach perspectives. Volume 1 / edited by Russell Stinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stinson, Russell, editor.

Series:

Bach perspectives ; v. 1.

Bach perspectives ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Composition (Music).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2025.

Summary:

Launched in 1995, Bach Perspectives has become the premier English-language serial book series dedicated to cutting-edge Bach scholarship. The University of Illinois Press now offers the first four volumes in open access editions available for free to all interested readers.In Volume One, Bach scholar Russell Stinson edits essays from Stephen A. Crist, Michael Marissen, David Schulenberg, and other experts. Topics range from issues of composition and improvisation to works like the Orgelbüchlein and the First Brandenburg Concerto.

Contents:

Preface / Don O. Franklin

Composition and improvisation in the school of J. S. Bach / David Schulenberg

The compositional history of Bach's Orgelbüchlein reconsidered / Russell Stinson

Concerto styles and signification in Bach's First Brandenburg Concerto / Michael Marissen

Anfang und Ende : cyclic recurrence in Bach's cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 / Eric T. Chafe

The question of parody in Bach's cantata Preise dein Glucke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215 / Stephen A. Crist

The perfectability of J. S. Bach, or, Did Bach compose the fugue on a theme by Legrenzi, BWV 574a? / James A. Brokaw II.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0252048121

9780252048128