Analyzing Bach Cantatas (Paperback, New Ed)

Bach's cantatas are among the highest achievements of Western musical art, yet studies of the individual cantatas that are both illuminating and detailed are quite few. In this book, Eric Chafe combines theological, historical, analytical, and interpretive approaches to the cantatas to offer readers and listeners alike the richest possible experience of these works--that is, given the composer's intentions as well as the enduring and universal qualities of the music itself. Concentrating on a small number of representative cantatas, mostly from the Leipzig cycles of 1723-24 and 1724-25, and in particular on Cantata 77, Chafe illustrates how Bach strove to mirror both the dogma and the mystery of religious experience in musical allegory.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2003
First published:	March 2003
Authors:	Eric Chafe (Professor of Musicology)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-516182-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-516182-3
Barcode:	9780195161823

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