Analyzing Bach cantatas:

"Concentrating on a small number of representative cantatas, mostly from the Leipzig cycles of 1723-24 and 1724-25, and in particular on Cantata 77, Chafe shows how Bach strove to mirror both the dogma and the mystery of religious experience in musical allegory. Analysing Bach Cantatas offers v...

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Main Author: Chafe, Eric Thomas 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2000
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Concentrating on a small number of representative cantatas, mostly from the Leipzig cycles of 1723-24 and 1724-25, and in particular on Cantata 77, Chafe shows how Bach strove to mirror both the dogma and the mystery of religious experience in musical allegory. Analysing Bach Cantatas offers valuable information on the theological relevance of the structure of the liturgical year for the design and content of these works, as well as a survey of the theories of modality that inform Bach's compositional style."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XVII, 286 S. Notenbeisp.
ISBN:019512099X
9780195120998