Hearing Bach's Passions

Name: Hearing Bach's Passions
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ISBN: 9780195169331

ISBN-10: 0195169336

ISBN-13: 9780195169331

Edition: 2005

Authors: Daniel R. Melamed

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Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions--St. John and St. Matthew--are an essential part of the modern repertory, performed regularly both by professional ensembles and amateur groups. These large, complex pieces are well loved, but due to our distance from the original context in which they were performed, questions and problems emerge. Bach scholar Daniel Melamed examines the issues we encounter when we hear the passions performed today, and offers unique insight into Bach's passion settings. Rather than providing a movement-by-movement analysis, Melamed uses the Bach repertory to introduce readers to some of the intriguing issues in the study and performance of older music, and…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 8.31" wide x 5.79" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Tables


Introduction: Hearing Passions in Bach's Time and Ours



Performing Forces and Their Significance



Vocal Forces in Bach's Passions



Singers and Roles in Bach's Passions



Passions in Performance



The Double Chorus in the St. Matthew Passion BWV 244



Which St. John Passion BWV 245?



A St. Mark Passion Makes the Rounds



Phantom Passions



Parody and Reconstruction: The St. Mark Passion BWV 247



Bach/Not Bach: The Anonymous St. Luke Passion BWV 246


Epilogue: Listening to Bach's Passions Today



Tables


Suggestions for Further Reading and Listening


Index