Bach's Choral Music

Bach's Choral Music

Author: Gordon Jones

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781574671803

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Johann Sebastian Bach produced a remarkable body of works for chorus. He wrote hundreds of cantatas and many other pieces for choir, including motets, oratorios, passions, and liturgical works in Latin. One of these, the celebrated Mass in B Minor, is considered by many to be the crowning glory not merely of Bach's career but of all music ever written.


The Da Capo Catalog Of Classical Music Compositions

The Da Capo Catalog Of Classical Music Compositions

Author: Jerzy Chwiałkowski

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published: 1996-03-21

Total Pages: 1430

ISBN-13:

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An exhaustive list of the works of 132 major composers. Gives the essential information about each work, including proper title; English title; variant titles or nicknames; dates of compostion and revision; names of any librettists, playwrights, poets, screenwiters, or directors associated with the work; intended instrumental or vocal ensemble; opus and catalog numbers.


Bach Perspectives, Volume 8

Bach Perspectives, Volume 8

Author: Daniel R. Melamed

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 0252090217

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As the official publication of the American Bach Society, Bach Perspectives has pioneered new areas of research in the life, times, and music of Bach since its first appearance in 1995. Volume 8 of Bach Perspectives emphasizes the place of Bach's oratorios in their repertorial context. These essays consider Bach's oratorios from a variety of perspectives: in relation to models, antecedents, and contemporary trends; from the point of view of musical and textual types; and from analytical vantage points including links with instrumental music and theology. Christoph Wolff suggests the possibility that Bach's three festive works for Christmas, Easter, and Ascension Day form a coherent group linked by liturgy, chronology, and genre. Daniel R. Melamed considers the many ways in which Bach's passion music was influenced by the famous poetic passion of Barthold Heinrich Brockes. Markus Rathey examines the construction and role of oratorio movements that combine chorales and poetic texts (chorale tropes). Kerala Snyder shows the connections between Bach's Christmas Oratorio and one of its models, Buxtehude's Abendmusiken spread over many evenings. Laurence Dreyfus argues that Bach thought instrumentally in the composition of his passions at the expense of certain aspects of the text. And Eric Chafe demonstrates the contemporary theological background of Bach's Ascension Oratorio and its musical realization


The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach

The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach

Author: Andre Pirro

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-06-20

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1442232919

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The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach (L’Esthéthique de Jean-Sébastien Bach), by the celebrated French musicologist André Pirro (1869‒1943), was originally published in 1907 and reissued in 1973. It is offered here for the first time in English, as translated by Joe Armstrong. Pirro’s work is based primarily on an examination of the close relationships between language and music in Bach’s vocal works and provides us with an extensive and well-researched “lexicon” of the expressive resources of Bach and his contemporaries. Pirro’s study thus serves as a still sound basis for understanding and interpreting Bach’s instrumental works. Pirro’s engaging analysis that has informed and even moved discerning readers for more than a century. This translation introduces his work to a new audience of performers, music teachers and their students, composers, musicologists, and all who wish to have a greater understanding of the expressive import of Bach’s music.


Daniels' Orchestral Music

Daniels' Orchestral Music

Author: David Daniels

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-06-30

Total Pages: 1464

ISBN-13: 1442275219

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Daniels’ Orchestral Music is the gold standard for all orchestral professionals—from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors—seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season. This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the original edition, has the largest increase in entries for a new edition of Orchestral Music: 65% more works (roughly 14,050 total) and 85% more composers (2,202 total) compared to the fifth edition. Composition details are gleaned from personal inspection of scores by orchestral conductors, making it a reliable one-stop resource for repertoire. Users will find all the familiar and useful features of the fifth edition as well as significant updates and corrections. Works are organized alphabetically by composer and title, containing information on duration, instrumentation, date of composition, publication, movements, and special accommodations if any. Individual appendices make it easy to browse works with chorus, solo voices, or solo instruments. Other appendices list orchestral works by instrumentation and duration, as well as works intended for youth concerts. Also included are significant anniversaries of composers, composer groups for thematic programming, a title index, an introduction to Nieweg charts, essential bibliography, internet sources, institutions and organizations, and a directory of publishers necessary for the orchestra professional. This trusted work used around the globe is a must-have for orchestral professionals, whether conductors or orchestra librarians, administrators involved in artistic planning, music students considering orchestral conducting, authors of program notes, publishers and music dealers, and instructors of conducting.


Handbook to Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts

Handbook to Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts

Author: Melvin P. Unger

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1996-04-16

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 1461659051

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The German church cantata of the eighteenth century was the culmination of a long tradition of Lutheran "sermon music" that used the proclamation, amplification, and interpretation of scripture to teach and persuade the listener. Bach's cantatas also served this didactic purpose and typically incorporate numerous allusions to scriptural passages or themes in their librettos. Unfortunately, many of these passages remain obscure to the twentieth-century musician because they demand a much closer familiarity with the Bible than is common today. The Handbook to Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts identifies scriptural references for the wording, imagery, and themes that Bach's listeners would have known. In addition, the religious or literary theme of each text is summarized within the specific context of the cantata as a whole. With interlinear translations and a full complement of indexes.


Bach

Bach

Author: Charles Francis Abdy Williams

Publisher:

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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