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Bach's Major Vocal Works

Author : Markus Rathey
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300219512
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Bach's Major Vocal Works written by Markus Rathey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, Johann Sebastian Bach’s major vocal works are performed to mark liturgical milestones in the Christian calendar. Written by a renowned Bach scholar, this concise and accessible book provides an introduction to the music and cultural contexts of the composer’s most beloved masterpieces, including the Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, and St. John Passion. In addition to providing historical information, each chapter highlights significant aspects—such as the theology of love—of a particular piece. This penetrating volume is the first to treat the vocal works as a whole, showing how the compositions were embedded in their original performative context within the liturgy as well as discussing Bach’s musical style, from the detailed level of individual movements to the overarching aspects of each work. Published in the approach to Easter when many of these vocal works are performed, this outstanding volume will appeal to casual concertgoers and scholars alike.

J.S. Bach's Major Works for Voices and Instruments

Author : Melvin P. Unger
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810852983
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book J.S. Bach's Major Works for Voices and Instruments written by Melvin P. Unger and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the dramatic thrust of each of Bach's four major works for choir and orchestra: Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, and Mass in B Minor. It guides the reader, movement by movement, through each work with an integrated presentation of commentary and text translation that pays particular attention to the interaction of text and music, suggesting reasons for Bach's musical choices.

Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach

Author : Mark A. Peters
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498554962
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach written by Mark A. Peters and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach collects seventeen essays by leading Bach scholars. The authors each address in some way such questions of meaning in J. S. Bach’s vocal compositions—including his Passions, Masses, Magnificat, and cantatas—with particular attention to how such meaning arises out of the intentionality of Bach’s own compositional choices or (in Part IV in particular) how meaning is discovered, and created, through the reception of Bach’s vocal works. And the authors do not consider such compositional choices in a vacuum, but rather discuss Bach’s artistic intentions within the framework of broader cultural trends—social, historical, theological, musical, etc. Such questions of compositional choice and meaning frame the four primary approaches to Bach’s vocal music taken by the authors in this volume, as seen across the book’s four parts: Part I: How might the study of historical theology inform our understanding of Bach’s compositional choices in his music for the church (cantatas, Passions, masses)? Part II: How can we apply traditional analytical tools to understand better how Bach’s compositions were created and how they might have been heard by his contemporaries? Part III: What we can understand anew through the study of Bach’s self-borrowing (i.e., parody), which always changed the earlier meaning of a composition through changes in textual content, compositional characteristics, the work’s context within a larger composition, and often the performance context (from court to church, for example)? Part IV: What can the study of reception teach us about a work’s meaning(s) in Bach’s time, during the time of his immediate successors, and at various points since then (including our present)? The chapters in this volume thus reflect the breadth of current Bach research in its attention not only to source study and analysis, but also to meanings and contexts for understanding Bach’s compositions.

Bach's Major Vocal Works

Author : Markus Rathey
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030021720X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Bach's Major Vocal Works written by Markus Rathey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every year, Johann Sebastian Bach's major vocal works are performed to mark liturgical milestones in the Christian calendar. Written by a renowned Bach scholar, this concise and accessible book provides an introduction to the music and cultural contexts of the composer's most beloved masterpieces, including the Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, and St. John Passion. In addition to providing historical information, each chapter highlights significant aspects--such as the theology of love--of a particular piece. This penetrating volume is the first to treat the vocal works as a whole, showing how the compositions were embedded in their original performative context within the liturgy as well as discussing Bach's musical style, from the detailed level of individual movements to the overarching aspects of each work. Published in the approach to Easter when many of these vocal works are performed, this outstanding volume will appeal to casual concertgoers and scholars alike." -- Publisher's description

J. S. Bach for Bass

Author : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619115034
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book J. S. Bach for Bass written by JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Sebastian Bach is recognized as one of the world's supremely great musicians. Known primarily as an organist and then only later recognized as a composer, Bach transformed the conventional structures of preludes and fugues. J.S. Bach for Bass will open up a whole new world of phrasing for the aspiring bassist. Selections include: Prelude #1 in C Major; Suite #1 in G Major; Suite #2 in D Minor; Suite #3 in C Major; Partita #1 in B Minor; Partita #2 in D; Partita #3 in E Major; Sonata #1 in G Minor; and Sonata #3 in C Major. This book is written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio

J. S. Bach: The 15 (Two-part) Inventions

Author : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619110156
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book J. S. Bach: The 15 (Two-part) Inventions written by JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful collection of 15 Bach Inventions transcribed for classic guitar solo performance. Each invention is preceded by an optional prelude. the original score is also shown for each invention. A companion recording is available online. A wonderful addition to the performance library of any guitarist!

Bach

Author : Christoph Wolff
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674059269
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book Bach written by Christoph Wolff and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two centuries after his lifetime, J. S. Bach's work continues to set musical standards. Noted Bach scholar Christoph Wolff offers new perspectives on the composer's life and remarkable career.

J. S. Bach for Mandolin

Author : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1610655575
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book J. S. Bach for Mandolin written by JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These arrangements of many pieces by J.S. Bach make a great composer's works accessible to the mandolinist. Since the bulk of the music has been adapted from various suites, sonatas, and partitas, the authors provides an explanation of each dance form and other similar pieces. Includes: 'Bauree Angloise' from Partita in A Minor for solo flute; 'Marche' from Anna Magdalena Back Book; 'Fantasie' from Partita No. 3 in A Minor; and more. In notation and tablature. Includes a CD which contains 13 of the 26 solos.

Mass in B Minor in Full Score

Author : Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486314448
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Mass in B Minor in Full Score written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crowning glory of Bach's lifework in the field of sacred music and a universal statement of Christian faith, reprinted from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Includes translation of text.

Bach & God

Author : Michael Marissen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190606975
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Bach & God written by Michael Marissen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach's vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the librettos. Yet he also shows how Bach's pitches, rhythms, and tone colors can make contributions to a work's plausible meanings that go beyond setting texts in an aesthetically satisfying manner. In some of Bach's vocal repertory, the music puts a "spin" on the words in a way that turns out to be explainable as orthodox Lutheran in its orientation. In a few of Bach's vocal works, his otherwise puzzlingly fierce musical settings serve to underscore now unrecognized or unacknowledged verbal polemics, most unsettlingly so in the case of his church cantatas that express contempt for Jews and Judaism. Finally, even Bach's secular instrumental music, particularly the late collections of "abstract" learned counterpoint, can powerfully project certain elements of traditional Lutheran theology. Bach's music is inexhaustible, and Bach & God suggests that through close contextual study there is always more to discover and learn.

Listening to Bach

Author : Daniel R. Melamed
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190881054
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Listening to Bach written by Daniel R. Melamed and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume encourages eighteenth-century ways of listening to J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and Christmas Oratorio. It explores the concept of musical style, suggests ways to listen to works created by the re-use of music for new words, and shows how modern performances are stamped with audible consequences of our place in the twenty-first century

J. S. Bach in Tablature

Author : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 161065482X
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book J. S. Bach in Tablature written by JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition contains 10 of J.S. Bach's finest compositions scored in notation and tablature. Works include: Two Part Invention in C Major; Gavotte, from the 3rd Lute Suite; Prelude in D Minor; Bouree in E Minor, from the 1st Lute Suite; and others. the CD is a stereo listening CD and on it each selection is played at both a slow and performance tempo. All songs from the book are on the CD.

Polish Style in the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Author : Szymon Paczkowski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810888947
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Polish Style in the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach written by Szymon Paczkowski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now appearing in an English translation, this book by Szymon Paczkowski is the first in-depth exploration of the Polish style in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach spent almost thirty years living and working in Leipzig in Saxony, a country ruled by Friedrich August I and his son Friedrich August II, who were also kings of Poland (as August II and August III). This period of close Polish-Saxon relations left a significant imprint on Bach’s music. Paczkowski’s meticulous account of this complex political and cultural dynamic sheds new light on many of Bach’s familiar pieces. The book explores the semantic and rhetorical functions that undergird the symbolism of the Polish style in Baroque music. It demonstrates how the notion of a Polish style in music was developed in German music theory, and conjectures that Bach’s successful application for the title of Court Composer at the court of the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland would induce the composer to deliberately use elements of the Polish style. This comprehensive study of the way Bach used the Polish style in his music moves beyond technical analysis to place the pieces within the context of Baroque customs and discourse. This ambitious and inspiring study is an original contribution to the scholarly conversation concerning Bach’s music, focusing on the symbolism of the polonaise, the most popular and recognizable Polish dance in 18th-century Saxony. In Saxony at this time the polonaise was associated with the ceremonies of the royal-electoral court in Dresden, and Saxon musicians regarded it as a musical symbol of royalty. Paczkowski explores this symbolism of the Polish royal dance in Bach’s instrumental music and, which is also to be found to an even greater extent, in his vocal works. The Polish Style in the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach provides wide-ranging interpretations based on a careful analysis of the sources explored within historical and theological context. The book is a valuable source for both teaching and further research, and will find readers not only among musicologists, but also historians, art historians, and readers in cultural studies. All lovers of Bach’s music will appreciate this lucid and intriguing study.

J.S. Bach: Two Part Inventions for Two Mandolins

Author : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619110695
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book J.S. Bach: Two Part Inventions for Two Mandolins written by JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 J.S. Bach two part inventions transcribed for mandolin duet. Each invention is in notation and tablature.

J. S. Bach French Suite No. 5 in C Major

Author : NESTOR AUSQUI
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619115573
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book J. S. Bach French Suite No. 5 in C Major written by NESTOR AUSQUI and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The much anticipated 5th French Suite by J.S. Bach has finally been published inits entirety for classical guitar by internationally acclaimed Argentinian virtuoso Nestor Ausqui. This sui generis collection has been widely sought after by guitarists, whom for many years only could attain fragmented pieces of the suite. Now the entire suite is available for the first time! The transcriber must understand the essence and intent of the original, and then in the transcription, create the impression that the music was indeed originallywritten for the guitar. In this transcription of the 5th French Suite, Nestor Ausqui has accomplished this brilliantly. Dr. William Toutant Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Music at California State University Northridge

The Compositional Process of J.S. Bach

Author : Robert Lewis Marshall
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691200491
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Compositional Process of J.S. Bach written by Robert Lewis Marshall and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1 of 2. Bach left few sketches for his music: writing for church and congregation obliged him to invent ideas quickly and to write them down at once. Bach's process of composition may thus be seen in his autograph scores, and is now reconstructed by Robert Marshall in an analysis of all the known autographs and sketches. The major part of his study investigates the musical material in the sources, with separate chapters devoted to the four-part chorales, the recitatives, and the arias and chorsuses. By interpreting corrections and sketches, Mr. Marshall works out the usual order of composition in each of these genres and uncvoers the reasons for changes in every musical parameter: melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, orchestration, and form. His analyses provide a greater awareness of Bach's musical personality--his likes and dislikes, his hierarchy of values, and his flexible response to a multitutde of compositional situations and problems. In addition to facsimile plates, the book includes over 20 musical examples and, in Volume II, rigorously faithful transcriptions of the complete sketch material. Readers can see immediately how Bach worked, revised, and polished his compositions. Robert L. Marshall is a member of the Department of Music, University of Chicago. He is currently editing a volume of Bach Cantatas for the Neue-Bach-Ausgabe. Princeton Studies in Music, 4. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

J. S. Bach Transcriptions for Classic Guitar

Author : JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1610655915
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book J. S. Bach Transcriptions for Classic Guitar written by JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Absolute, universal, and harmonious - Bach's music is as profoundly satisfying and uplifting today as it was in his era. One of the most eloquent and expressive guitarists of our time, Javier Calderon, presents these timeless pieces, expertly arranged and transcribed for the classic guitar. Selections include: Sonata BWV 1001 (Adagio, Fugue, Siciliano, and Presto); Chaconne in D Minor BWV 1004; Prelude in D Minor, Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro BWV 998; Suite for Lute BWV 996 (Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Bourree, and Gigue); Prelude for Lute BWV 999; and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. Written in standard notation only with minimal, unobtrusive left-hand fingering. the attached performance CD presents the author's exquisite rendition of every selection in the book.