Format:
Online-Ressource (346 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781107007901
Content:
This collection of essays presents a thorough and systematic study of Bach's B-minor Mass by leading scholars in the field
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Music examples; Tables; Notes on the contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; Part I Historical background and contexts; 1 Past, present and future perspectives on Bach's B-minor Mass; The performance history of the B-minor Mass; The B-minor Mass in the mirror of Bach scholarship; The genesis of the B-minor Mass and the musical genre of the Mass; Textual meaning and musical design: time and space as devices; Sanctus; 'Credo'; 'Et expecto'; 2 Bach's Mass: 'Catholic' or 'Lutheran'?; The question of definition
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The question of theologyThe question of politics; The question of Latin; The question of the Mass, Roman Catholic and Lutheran; The question of terminology; 3 Bach's Missa BWV 232I in the context of Catholic Mass settings in Dresden, 1729-1733; Background; The place of the Missa within the liturgy of Dresden's Hofkirche, 1733; Locations of Bach's Missa within the royal collections of Dresden; Issues arising from a comparison of Bach's Missa with selected Masses composed or reworked for use in the Dresden Hofkirche, 1729-1733
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Principal differences between Bach's Missa and masses in the repertoire of the HofkircheConclusion; 4 The role and significance of the polonaise in the 'Quoniam' of the B-minor Mass; Changes to the Dresden Hofkapelle following the death of August II; Bach's petition: contents and fortunes; The Missa and the tradition of setting the Ordinary of the Mass in Dresden; The Missa and the 'vermischter Geschmack'; The polonaise in the Dresden tradition; The polonaise in Dresden liturgical music; The symbolic functions of the polonaise and the corno da caccia in the 'Quoniam' aria
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5 'The Great Catholic Mass': Bach, Count Questenberg and the Musicalische Congregation in ViennaPart II Structure and proportion; 6 Some observations on the formal design of Bach's B-minor Mass; A remarkable piece of advice; Searching for evidence; Instrumental collections; The Missa; The Symbolum Nicenum; The Sanctus and remaining portions of the Mass; In quest of the whole; 7 Chiastic reflection in the B-minor Mass: lament's paradoxical mirror; Connections between the 'Crucifixus' and the 'Confiteor'; The importance of the theologia crucis in Bach's day
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Anabasis and catabasis in the B-minor MassConclusion; 8 Parallel proportions, numerical structures and Harmonie in Bach's autograph score; Proportional parallelism; Parallel proportions and the 1733 Missa; Missa: parallel proportions in 1040 bars; Missa: parallel proportions in 1143 bars; Parallel proportions: first plan in the remainder of the Mass: 1400 bars; Towards a missa tota: the addition of four introductory bars to the 'Crucifixus'; Perfect proportions and Harmonie in a missa tota; Part III Sources; 9 Many problems, various solutions: editing Bach's B-minor Mass
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Part I: Missa (Kyrie and Gloria)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107464735
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107007901
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Exploring Bach's B-minor Mass
Language:
English
Keywords:
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