Many scholars and music lovers hold that J.S. Bach is a modern
figure, as his music seems to speak directly to the aesthetic,
spiritual, or emotional concerns of today's listeners. But, by
eighteenth-century standards, Bach and his music in fact reflected
and forcefully promoted a premodern world and life view. In Bach
against Modernity, author Michael Marissen offers a new look at
Bach that considers problems of inattentiveness to historical
considerations in academic and popular writing about Bach's
relation to the present. He also puts forward interpretive
reassessments of key individual works by Bach and examines problems
in modern comprehension of the partly archaic German texts that
Bach set to music. Lastly, he explores Bach's music in relation to
premodern versus enlightened attitudes toward Jews and Judaism and
enquires into the theological character of Bach's secular
instrumental music. Throughout, the book provides overlooked or
misunderstood evidence of Bach's private engagement with religious
and social issues that he also addressed in his public vocal
compositions. Marissen ultimately argues that, while we are free to
make use of Bach and his music in whatever ways we find fitting, we
ought also to guard against miscasting Bach in our own ideological
image and proclaiming the authenticity of that image, and hence its
prestige value, in support of our own agendas.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Michael Marissen
(Daniel Underhill Professor Emeritus of Music)
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Dimensions: |
216 x 145 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-766949-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-19-766949-2 |
Barcode: |
9780197669495 |
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