| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages) : illustrations, music, facsimiles |
| Contents |
Part I. Constraints of history on interpretation. Bach against modernity ; Bach's handwritten entries in his Bible -- Part II. Brief commentaries. Fractal gavottes and the ephemeral world in Bach's Cantata 64 ; Time and eternities in Bach's Cantata 23 ; Bach's Christmas oratorio and a blessed end ; Bach and art and mammon -- Part III. Texts. Historically informed renderings of the librettos from Bach's cantatas / (with coauthor Daniel R. Melamed) -- Part IV. Jews and Judaism ; On the Jews and their so-called lies in the Fourth gospel and Bach's St. John passion ; Bach and sons in the Jewish salon culture of nineteenth-century Berlin -- Part V. Theological character of secular instrumental music ; Bach's sacred Brandenburg concertos ; The serious nature of the quodlibet in Bach's Goldberg variations |
| Summary |
In Bach against Modernity, author Michael Marissen contests the common perception that J.S. Bach is a modern figure and instead suggests that, by eighteenth-century standards, Bach and his music in fact reflected and forcefully promoted a premodern world and life view. He provides overlooked or misunderstood evidence of Bach's private engagement with religious and social issues that the composer also addressed in his public vocal compositions, and exposes intellectual and ethical problems with prevalent anachronistic views of Bach |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Chiefly in English, with some passages in German |
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed April 04, 2024) |
| Subject |
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 fast |
| Subject |
Music.
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Music.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Music criticism and reviews.
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Comptes rendus de musique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Melamed, Daniel R., contributor.
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| ISBN |
9780197669501 |
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0197669506 |
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9780197669525 |
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0197669522 |
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9780197669518 |
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0197669514 |
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