Listening to Bach: The Mass in B Minor and the Christmas Oratorio
- Author: Melamed, Daniel R.
Melamed is sensible and tolerant in detailing the wide diversity of present-day Bach performance practice. The message is that there is no one way of listening to Bach, but awareness of musical... — More…
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Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Audio Examples
- Preface: Listening to Bach
- Part I: The Mass in B Minor BWV 232
- 1. Performing the Mass in B Minor in an Age of Choices
- 2. Listening to Parody in the Mass in B Minor
- 3. The Musical Topic of the Mass in B Minor
- Part II: The Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
- 4. Parody and its Consequences in the Christmas Oratorio
- 5. Listening to the Christmas Oratorio with a Calendar
- 6. The Christmas Oratorio in the Shadow of Bach's Passions
- Epilogue: How to Listen to Bach
- Appendix: Tables
- Suggestions for Further Reading and Listening
- Index