About Bach
- Editor: Butler, Gregory
- Editor: Greer, Mary Dalton
- Editor: Stauffer, George
Thanks to the extent, scope, and universality of his work, Bach will always be a subject for new studies. . . . An interesting collection
About Bach
- Editor: Butler, Gregory
- Editor: Greer, Mary Dalton
- Editor: Stauffer, George
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Thanks to the extent, scope, and universality of his work, Bach will always be a subject for new studies. . . . An interesting collection
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That Johann Sebastian Bach is a pivotal figure in the history of Western music is hardly news, and the magnitude of his achievement is so immense that it can be difficult to grasp. In About Bach, fifteen scholars show that Bach's importance extends from choral to orchestral music, from sacred music to musical parodies, and also to his scribes and students, his predecessors and successors. Further, the contributors demonstrate a diversity of musicological approaches, ranging from close studies of Bach's choices of musical form and libretto to wider analyses of the historical and cultural backgrounds that impinged upon his creations and their lasting influence. This volume makes significant contributions to Bach biography, interpretation, pedagogy, and performance.
Contributors are Gregory G. Butler, Jen-Yen Chen, Alexander J. Fisher, Mary Dalton Greer, Robert Hill, Ton Koopman, Daniel R. Melamed, Michael Ochs, Mark Risinger, William H. Scheide, Hans-Joachim Schulze, Douglass Seaton, George B. Stauffer, Andrew Talle, and Kathryn Welter.
Contents
- Preface ix
- Abbreviations xi
- BEFORE BACH
- A Master Teacher Revealed: Johann Pachelbel's Deutliche Anweisung 3
- BY KATHRYN WELTER
- From the House of Aaron to the House of Johann Sebastian: Old Testament Roots for the Bach Family Tree 15
- BY MARY DALTON GREER
- BACH'S VOCAL MUSIC
- Combinatorial Modeling in the Chorus Movement of Cantata 24, Ein ungefarbt Gemute 35
- BY ALEXANDER J. FISHER
- Choral Unison in J. S. Bach's Vocal Music 53
- BY DANIEL R. MELAMED
- You Say Sabachthani and I Say Asabthani: A St. Matthew Passion Puzzle 61
- BY MICHAEL OCHS
- Sein Segen fliesst daher wie ein Strom, BWV Anh. I 14: A Source for Parodied Arias in the B-Minor Mass? 69
- BY WILLIAM H. SCHEIDE
- BACH CIRCLE
- Johann Friedrich Schweinitz, "A Disciple of the Famous Herr Bach in Leipzig" 81
- BY HANS-JOACHIM SCHULZE
- Johann Christian Bach and the Church Symphony 89
- BY JEN-YEN CHEN
- BACH'S INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
- Scribes, Engravers, and Notational Styles: The Final Disposition of Bach's Art of Fugue 111
- BY GREGORY G. BUTLER
- Notes on J. S> Bach and Basso Continuo Realization 125
- BY TON KOOPMAN
- Music for "Cavaliers et Dames": Bach and the Repertoire of His Collegium Musicum 135
- BY GEORGE B. STAUFFER
- A Print of Clavieriibung 1 from J. S. Bach's Personal Library 157
- BY ANDREW TALLE
- AFTER BACH
- Carl Reinecke's Performance of Mozart's Larghetto and the Nineteenth-Century Practice of Quantitative Accentuation 171
- BY ROBERT HILL
- "Grand Miscellaneous Acts": Observations on Oratorio Performance in London after Haydn 181
- BY MARK RISINGER
- Back from B-A-C-H: Schumann's Symphony No. 2 in C Major 191
- BY DOUGLASS SEATON
- Contributors 207
- Index 211
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Thanks to the extent, scope, and universality of his work, Bach will always be a subject for new studies. . . . An interesting collection
