Rethinking Bach /

This book a offers a multitude of provocative new perspectives on one of the most iconic composers in the Western classical tradition. Its collective rethinking of some of our most cherished narratives and deeply held beliefs about Johann Sebastian Bach will allow readers to see the man in a new lig...

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Other Authors: Varwig, Bettina, 1978- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: (Still) talking about Bach
  • Part I. Histories. Bach and material culture / Stephen Rose ; Rethinking 1829 / Ellen Exner ; Post/Colonial Bach / Yvonne Liao
  • Part II. Bodies. Bach and the soprano voice / Wendy Heller ; Embodied invention : Bach at the keyboard / Bettina Varwig ; Rethinking affect / Isabella Van Elferen
  • Part III. Meanings. Bach and theology / Jeremy Begbie ; Bach the humorist / David Yearsley ; Rethinking Bach codes / Daniel R. Melamed ; Bach's works and the listener's viewpoint / John Butt
  • Part IV. Currents. Bach's chorale pedagogy / Derek Remeš ; Rethinking editions : Mass, Missa, and monument culture / Joshua Rifkin ; Bach against modernity / Michael Marissen ; Bach anxiety : a meditation on the future of the past / Michael Markham.