Bach Interpretation

Contents

• List of plates
• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part I . Background to Articulation in the Performance Practice of Bach's Era:
• 1. The primacy of singing
• 2. Articulation marks in string playing
• 3. Articulation marks in wind playing
• 4. Articulation marks in keyboard playing
• 5. Articulation marks and rhythmic inequality
• Part II . The Principles of Bach's Notated Articulation: A Study of the Scores and Parts of the Concerted Vocal Works:
• 6. Articulation marks within the compositional and notational procedure
• 7. Principal articulation patterns in the instrumental parts of vocal works
• 8. Fundamentals of Bach's notated articulation
• Part III . Bach's Refined Articulation - The Instrumental Works:
• 9. Bach's role in the preparation of printed sources
• 10. Articulation marks in fair copies of works for instrumental ensemble
• 11. Bach's keyboard articulation and the development of the keyboard idiom
• 12. Bach and 'modern' articulation: slurs as 'phrase marks'
• 13. Articulation marks in analysis and interpretation
• Conclusion
• Appendixes
• Notes
• References
• Index of BMV works
• Index of names.