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This penetrating volume is the first to treat the vocal works as a whole, showing how the compositions were embedded in their original performative context within the liturgy as well as discussing Bach's musical style, from the detailed level of individual movements to the overarching aspects of each work.
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Bach's Major Vocal Works: Music, Drama, Liturgy
2016, Yale University Press
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0300219512 9780300219517
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Table of Contents
Prelude
A female voice : Mary in Bach's Magnificat settings BWV 243 and 10
From love song to lullaby : the Christmas oratorio BWV 248
Divine glory and human suffering : the St John passion BWV 245
The passion and the passions : the St Matthew passion BWV 244
Seeing and understanding : the oratorios for Easter and Ascension BWV 249 and 11
Between opera and architecture : the B minor Mass BWV 232
Postlude.
Edition Notes
"Timeline": pages 204-207; "Parody models": pages 207-213; "Glossary": pages 213-215.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-230) and index.
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