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This book (published in German by Bärenreiter 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. The musical design of the choruses with their numerous interrelationships is quite unique and demands some explanation. The fact that the Passion exists in four different versions leads Dürr to ask which changes were intentional and which were the result of practical constraints or of orders issued by church authorities.
This book is a collection of essays, by the leading German
musicologist of our day, on one of the most controversial and
influential composers of our century: Arnold Schoenberg. Schoenberg
is considered here as a historical figure, as a thinker and
theoretician and as a composer whose works may be subjected to
technical analysis and/or examined in relation to the history of
ideas. Above all, he is considered in the context of the 'New
Music', the historical and cultural movement of the first two
decades of this century which embrace musicians such as Webern,
Schreker and Scriabin (all of whom are allotted individual essays),
as well as Schoenberg himself. In addition to historical and
analytical essays there are essays of a broader cultural-historical
and even sociological import which should interest all those
involved with twentieth-century music and ideas.
The ever-increasing number of performances of Bach's music is a
sign of its enduring vitality. But perhaps no other composer is
subject to such a wide diversity of interpretation--assessing the
merits of these many interpretations and unravelling the sources
and documents on which they are based can be extremely difficult
for the modern performer. In this important book, Paul Badura-Skoda
draws on forty years of studying and performing Bach to present
startling new insights into many different aspects of Bach's music.
He looks at rhythm, tempo, articulation, and dynamics; examines the
instruments for which Bach's music was intended, and considers
problems of sonority. He then discusses ornamentation in depth,
analyzing each of the signs and symbols used by Bach, and argues
that much of Bach's ornamentation in current performance is
monotonous and fails to reflect the actual Baroque style. Sometimes
contentious, always stimulating, Badura-Skoda's book conveys a
passion for an informed interpretation of Bach's music based on a
recognition and respect for Bach's actual intentions. Copiously
illustrated with musical examples, the book will take its place as
a standard work for all students and performers of Bach's
ever-popular keyboard music.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This collection of essays examines the works of composer Arnold
Schoenberg, one of the most influential and controversial composers
of the twentieth century, in the context of the "New Music" that
was the historical and cultural movement of his time. In these
essays, Schoenberg's work is subjected to historical, technical and
theoretical analysis. Studies of other "New Music" composers such
as Webern, Schreker and Scriabin are also provided. The collection
includes essays of broader cultural-historical and sociological
import that should interest those involved with twentieth-century
music and theory.
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