Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning

Name: Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning
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ISBN: 9780198162407

ISBN-10: 0198162405

ISBN-13: 9780198162407

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alfred Dï¿½rr, Alfred Clayton, Alfred Dï¿½rr

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This book (published in German by Brenreiter 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 Drr to ask which changes were intentional and which were the result of practical constraints or of orders issued by church authorities.…

Book details

List price: $235.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 196
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface



Genesis


Introduction


Did Bach compose a Passion before 1724?



Version I (1724)



Version II (1725)



Version III (c. 1730)



Version IV (c. 1749)



Score A



Transmission



The lost original score X (1724?)



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



The original parts: Introduction














Parts no longer extant



Meaning



Protestant settings of the Passion



The text of the St John Passion



The depiction of the Passion in the Gospel according to St John



The Gospel text



The chorale verses



The free poetry



Bach's music



The setting of the biblical narrative



The chorale movements



The choruses



The arias and ariosos



Problms associated with the overall formal design and the different versions



Performance practice



General remarks



The execution of the continuo



Specific problems


Appendices: Problematical Points



The participation of transverse flutes in Version I



The reconstruction of Movement 33 in Version I



The chronology of the Passions Bach performed in Leipzig



The problem of symmetry in Bach's work


Bibliography


Picture Credits


Text of the St John Passion (German and English)