Description: Further DetailsTitle: Johann Sebastian Bach's St John PassionCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: Genesis, Transmission, and MeaningISBN-10: 0198162405EAN: 9780198162407ISBN: 9780198162407Publisher: Oxford University PressRelease Date: 11/30/2000Description: 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. The St John Passion is 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 requires 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. The introduction to the work is preceded by a detailed account of its genesis and transmission, and the uniquely complicated nature of the sources. The discussion of the Passion itself is based on the assumption that what Bach wanted to say to the Leipzig congregation on Good Friday was designed to be understood in verbal and musical terms. Number symbolism, 'eye music', and encrypted information do not form the essence of what Bach was trying to communicate to us.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 224mmItem Length: 145mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 354gAuthor: Alfred DürrTranslator: Alfred ClaytonContributor: Alfred Clayton (Translated by)Genre: Music Dance & TheatreTopic: Sheet MusicRelease Year: 2000 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion
Title: Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion
Subtitle: Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning
ISBN-10: 0198162405
EAN: 9780198162407
ISBN: 9780198162407
Release Date: 11/30/2000
Release Year: 2000
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Translator: Alfred Clayton
Contributor: Alfred Clayton (Translated by)
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Topic: Sheet Music
Number of Pages: 196 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Johann Sebastian Bach's ST JOHN Passion : Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2001
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Classical
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: Alfred Dürr, Alfred Clayton
Subject Area: Music
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Hardcover
