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.

The Cantatas of J. S. Bach
The Cantatas of J. S. Bach

Author: Alfred Dürr

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 985

ISBN-13: 0199297762

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A work-by-work commentary on the Bach cantatas by the world's most famous Bach scholar, now available in English and in paperback for the first time. It includes all the cantata librettos in German-English parallel text. An indispensable reference book for anyone listening to, performing in, or studying any of the Bach cantatas.

J.S. Bach: the Vocal Texts in English Translation with Commentary
J.S. Bach: the Vocal Texts in English Translation with Commentary

Author: Z. Philip Ambrose

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-08-27

Total Pages: 1024

ISBN-13: 1664119841

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Prof. Ambrose has revised and enlarged into one volume his 2006 two-volume English translations of virtually all the vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach. By preserving the meter and key-word placement of the original, J.S. Bach: The Vocal Texts in English Translation with Commentary is a good guide to the poetics of Bach's music and will help listeners and interpreters perceive more clearly Bach's own "translation" of text into music.

Commentaries on the Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach
Commentaries on the Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach

Author: Hans-Joachim Schulze

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2024-05-01

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0252056701

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Internationally recognized Bach authority Hans-Joachim Schulze authored a 225-part series on the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. In this collection, James A. Brokaw II translates a selection of the essays, illuminating a wide range of biographical and cultural features of Bach’s life and creative milieu. Schulze’s lively and engaging discussions provide a wealth of rewarding insights and perspectives focusing on individual cantatas, their texts, and the questions of chronology and context that attend them. The University of Illinois Press has paired the volume with a special web-based companion overseen by the translator and hosted by the Illinois Open Publishing Network. This online resource includes Brokaw’s translations of all 225 of Schulze’s essays alongside digital tools for searching, sorting, and bundling the commentaries according to date of composition, position within the liturgical church year sequence, and librettist.

The Complete Church and Secular Cantatas
The Complete Church and Secular Cantatas

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780810839335

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This volume contains parallel texts and translations of all Bach's church and secular cantatas that have come down to us complete. The volume also includes a short glossary of geographical and mythological names, a list of dedicatees of the secular cantatas, a list of the poets with their dates, and an introduction to the cantatas by Martin Neary, formerly organist of Winchester Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.