{"product_id":"compositional-choices-and-meaning-in-the-vocal-music-of-j-s-bach-9781498554978","title":"Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompositional 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 compositionsincluding his Passions, Masses, Magnificat, and cantataswith 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 trendssocial, historical, theological, musical, etc. \u003cbr\u003eSuch 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 compositiona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Franklin is a preeminent Bach scholar, and this volume of enlightening case studies on meaning in Bach’s vocal music by his colleagues and former students is a marvelous tribute that does both Franklin and Bach a signal honor. -- Michael Marissen, author of Bach \u0026amp; God\u003cbr\u003eAn admirable set of essays about an important body of music. Taken together, this collection significantly advances scholarly discourse about the vocal works of J. S. Bach. -- Stephen Crist, Emory University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editor Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin A. Leaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark A. Peters and Reginald L. Sanders \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParagram for Professor Dr. Don O. Franklin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Tatlow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Bach’s Vocal Music in Theological Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. In Honor of God and the City: Strategies of Theological and Symbolic Communication in Bach’s Cantata Gott ist mein König (BWV 71)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarkus Rathey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Two “Johannine” Cantatas: Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (BWV 40) and Sehet, welch eine Liebe (BWV 64)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Chafe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Death to Life, Sorrow to Joy: Martin Luther’s Theology of the Cross and J. S. Bach’s Eastertide Cantata Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (BWV 103)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark A. Peters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Toward an Understanding of J. S. Bach’s Use of Red Ink in the Autograph Score of the Matthew Passion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Greer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Theological in Bach Research (2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Petzoldt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Analytical Perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Formal and Motivic Design in the Opening Chorus of J. S. Bach’s Magnificat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReginald L. Sanders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Tonally Open Ritornello in J. S. Bach’s Church Cantatas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKayoung Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. The Christian Believer and the Sleep of Jesus: “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” from J. S. Bach’s Matthew Passion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWye J. Allanbrook \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Bach’s Self-Modeling: Parody as Compositional Impetus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Parody and Text Quality in the Vocal Works of J. S. Bach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHans-Joachim Schulze\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. J. S. Bach’s Parodies of Vocal Music: Conservation or Intensification?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin A. Leaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. J. S. Bach’s Dresden Trip and His Earliest Serenatas for Köthen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Butler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Bach’s Second Thoughts on the Christmas Oratorio: The Compositional Revisions to “Bereite dich, Zion,” BWV 248\/4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Saunders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. The Passions as a Source of Inspiration? A Hypothesis on the Origin and Musical Aim of Well-Tempered Clavier II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYo Tomita\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: The Reception of Bach’s Vocal Works\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. The Leipzig Audiences of J. S. Bach’s Matthew Passion to 1750\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTanya Kevorkian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. The Vocal Music of the Bach Family in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason B. Grant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. The Need for a New Music: J. S. Bach in Contemporary Context (1946)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Scheide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Bach at the Boundaries of Music History: Preliminary Thoughts on the B-minor Mass and the Late Style Paradigm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040765116759,"sku":"9781498554978","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498554978.jpg?v=1750947772","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/compositional-choices-and-meaning-in-the-vocal-music-of-j-s-bach-9781498554978","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}