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Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion

Name: Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion
Brand: Oxford University Press (UK)
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Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning

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This book (published in German by Barenreiter 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. One of Bach's most fascinating works, its text demonstrates a profound understanding of St John's Gospel.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1: Genesis

Introduction. Did Bach compose a Passion before 1724?

1. Version I (1724)

2. Version II (1725)

3. Version III (c. 1730)

4. Version IV (c. 1749)

5. Score A

2: Transmission

1. The lost original score X (1724?)

2. The revised score (source A, c. 1739-1749)

3. The original parts: Introduction; Set I; Set II; Set III; Set IV; Parts no longer extant

3: Meaning

1. Protestant settings of the Passion

2. The text of the St John Passion: a. The depiction of the Passion in the Gospel according to St John; b. The Gospel text; c. The chorale verses; d. The free poetry

3: Bach's music: a. The setting of the biblical narrative; b. The chorale movements; c. The choruses; d. The arias and ariosos

4: Problms associated with the overall formal design and the different versions

5: Performance practice: a. General remarks; b. The execution of the continuo; c. Specific problems

Appendices: Problematical Points

Appendix I The participation of transverse flutes in Version I

Appendix II The reconstruction of Movement 33 in Version I

Appendix III The chronology of the Passions Bach performed in Leipzig

Appendix IV The problem of symmetry in Bach's work

Bibliography

Picture Credits

Text of the St John Passion (German and English)

Produktdetails

Erscheinungsdatum

01. Februar 2001

Sprache

englisch

Seitenanzahl

196

Autor/Autorin

Johann Sebastian Bach, Alfred Durr

Verlag/Hersteller

Oxford University Press (UK)

Produktart

gebunden

Gewicht

426 g

Größe (L/B/H)

222/148/19 mm

ISBN

9780198162407

Portrait

Johann Sebastian Bach

Alfred Dürr is one of the principal editors of the Neue Bach Ausgabe in which he edited Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. He is the author of the standard work in German on Bach's cantatas. (An English translation of this book, by Richard D.P. Jones, is in progress.) He holds honorary doctorates of music at Baldwin-Wallace College, Ohio and at Oxford University.

Alfred Clayton (translator) has translated numerous books, including (for OUP) Paul Badura-Skoda: Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard.

Pressestimmen

Durr writes illuminatingly and perceptively on topics such as the theology of St John's Gospel and its relationship to Bach's setting, questions of overall design and tonal architecture Early Music Presents in convenient form many of the findings of Bach scholarship on the genesis and transmission of the work Early Music If it is reliable information on this remarkable work that you want, Durr's study is the obvious place to start. Bach could have no more faithful servant John Butt, Times Literary Supplement

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