Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion (BWV 245) /

Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion (BWV 245) /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Loewe, Andreas.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; volume 168
Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 168.
Subject:
Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750. -- Johannespassion.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750 -- Religion.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750 -- Symbolism.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750
Johannespassion (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
Church music -- Lutheran Church -- 18th century.
Church music -- Lutheran Church.
Religion.
Symbolism.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11228755
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ISBN:9789004272361
9004272364
9789004265479
9004265473
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:This Theological Commentary on Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion explains the historical context of Lutheran church music, and then explains the Biblical and poetic text, and its musical setting, line by line.
Other form:Print version: Loewe, Andreas. Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion (BWV 245). Leiden : BRILL, 2014 9789004265479
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. From the 'Fifth Evangelist' to the Birth of the Neue Bachausgabe
  • 2. Theological Bach Research: Back to the Sources
  • 3. Considering Anti-Judaism in Bach's Music
  • 4. Bach and Theology Re-assessed
  • 5. Purpose and Scope of This Study
  • pt. 1 Composer and Work
  • 1. Learning the Craft of a Church Musician
  • 1. Bach's Schooling
  • 2. Singer, Instrumentalist, Church Musician
  • 3.'singing preaching and praising of God'
  • 2.'It pleased God that I should be called'
  • Bach's Office and Craft
  • 1. The Purpose of Church Music
  • 2.'Gnaden-Gegenwart': God's Presence in Sacred Music
  • 3. Music for the Glory of God
  • 3. Proclaiming Scripture through Music
  • The Development of Bach's Cantatas
  • 1. Musical and Textual Models for Bach's Early Cantatas
  • 2. The 'Modern Cantata'
  • 3. From Kothen to Leipzig: from Capellmeister to Lutheran Cantor
  • 4. The Leipzig Cantatas: Words and Music that Amplify Scripture
  • 5.Composing, Rehearsing and Performing the Cantata
  • 4. Bach's St John Passion
  • 1. The Development of the Lutheran Responsorial Passion
  • 2. The Liturgical and Homiletic Context of Bach's St John Passion
  • 3. The Libretto of Bach's St John Passion
  • 3.1. Textual Elements of the St John Passion: Biblical Text
  • 3.2. Textual Elements: Madrigalic Texts
  • 3.3. Textual Elements: Chorales
  • 4. The Purpose and Message of Bach's St John Passion
  • pt. 2 Commentary
  • 5. Introduction to the Commentary
  • 6. Study Translation / Katherine Firth
  • 7.Commentaries and Sermon Collections
  • 1. Abraham Calov's 'Great German Bible' (1682)
  • 2. Johannes Olearius' Haupt Schlußel (1681)
  • 3. Sermon Collections: Martin Luther (1528-1529)
  • 8.Commentary
  • 1. Prima Parte
  • First Part of the Passion
  • Exordium
  • Prologue
  • Hortus
  • Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
  • Pontifices
  • Jesus Before the Chief Priests
  • 2. Parte Secunda: Nach der Predigt
  • Pilatus
  • Jesus Before Pilate
  • Crux
  • Jesus Dies on the Cross
  • Sepulchrum
  • Jesus is Laid in the Tomb.

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