Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion : Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning: Genesis, Transmission, and MeaningOUP Oxford, 30 nov 2000 - 196 páginas This book (published in German by B--auml--;renreiter in 1988 and now available in English translation for the first time) is a comprehensive guide to the genesis, transmission, structure, meaning, and performance considerations of Bach's St John Passion. The St John Passion is one of Bach's most fascinating works. Its text demonstrates a profound understanding of St John's Gospel. The musical design of the choruses with their numerous interrelationships is quite unique and requires some explanation. The fact that the Passion exists in four different versions leads D--uuml--;rr to ask which changes were intentional and which were the result of practical constraints or of orders issued by church authorities. The introduction to the work is preceded by a detailed account of its genesis and transmission, and the uniquely complicated nature of the sources. The discussion of the Passion itself is based on the assumption that what Bach wanted to say to the Leipzig congregation on Good Friday was designed to be understood in verbal and musical terms. Number symbolism, 'eye music', and encrypted information do not form the essence of what Bach was trying to communicate to us. |
Índice
Bach compose a Passion before 1724? | 1 |
Transmission | 14 |
Meaning | 30 |
X | 111 |
Problematical Points | 115 |
4 | 118 |
Bibliography | 129 |
14 | 140 |
30 | 150 |
w w w R | 158 |
30 | 164 |
179 | |
Términos y frases comunes
alto arioso autograph Bach's St bars bass Basso biblical Breig Brockes cantatas Chafe chorale CHORUS Chr² Christ continuo Cöthen crucified d'am disciples Dürr fact fltr folge dir gleichfalls formal Friedrich ging Glöckner Gospel Gottes Sohn groß habe Heiland Herr Herze Himmel Hohenpriester inserted instr instrumental interpolations J. S. Bach Jesum Jews Johann Sebastian Bach Johannes-Passion John 19 John's Jünger Kassel Kreuzige Kuhnau Leipzig Lieb longer extant Macht Mattheson Mendel minor movement 33 oboe oratorio original score performance Petrus Pilatus recitative RECITATIVO reference replaced ritornello saith unto Scribe Seel Seelen sieh Smend soli con sordini soprano Spitta sprach sprachen spricht St John Passion St Luke Passion St Mark Passion St Matthew Passion stund symmetry tenor thee thou tonal transverse flutes turba choruses verse Version viola da gamba violas d'amore violin vocal vollbracht Weiß Welt würde