The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama
The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama

Author: Christine Schnusenberg

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 0809105446

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This unique, comprehensive work tackles questions posed by the polemics of the Church Fathers against the Roman theater and explores the subsequent developments of Western liturgical drama as a continuation of the Roman theater up to the time of Amalarius of Metz in the ninth century.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion (BWV 245): A Theological Commentary
Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion (BWV 245): A Theological Commentary

Author: Andreas Loewe

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-04-03

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 9004272364

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This Theological Commentary is the first full-length work in English to consider Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion in its entirety, both the words and the music. Bach’s oratorio is a globally popular musical work, and a significant expression of Lutheran theology. The commentary explains the Biblical and poetic text, and its musical setting, line by line. Bach’s Passion is shown to be the work of a master craftsman and trained theologian, in the collaborative and cultural milieu of eighteenth-century, Lutheran Leipzig. For the first time, this work makes much German scholarship available in English, including archival sources, and includes a new scholarly translation of the libretto. The musical and theological terms are explained, to enable an interdisciplinary understanding of the Passion’s meaning and continued significance.

A History of Western Choral Music
A History of Western Choral Music

Author: Chester Lee Alwes

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 0199361932

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"A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, important composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Divided across two volumes, this comprehensive investigation moves from the Medieval period through the Avant-Garde." -- Publisher description.