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Bach's Operas of the Soul
A Listener's Guide to the Sacred Cantatas
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2021
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Bach’s Operas of the Soul is the first introduction to Bach’s sacred cantatas for the general music lover.In clear and accessible language, Mark Ringer examines this vast output of masterpieces as the great musical dramatic creations that they. Bach’s sacred cantatas represent an almost superhuman artistic and spiritual achievement, arguably the richest investment by a great composer within a single genre. But outside of a handful of pieces, they remain a closed book to a majority of serious listeners already familiar with Bach’s large-scale religious works. Nevertheless, the same musical-dramatic genius of Bach’s Passions is fully evident in virtually all of the composer's sacred cantatas. Ringer approaches the sacred cantatas as sermons in musical-dramatic form, un-staged operas, planned for each occasion of the church year. Bach’s era relished dramatic contrast, and his use of the human voice offers a constantly changing pallet of vocal colors. The singers play ‘roles’ throughout the cantatas from penitent sinner, to ardent believer, to Christ himself.This book is accompanied by online audio tracks of select Bach canatatas from the Naxos music library. It will be of use to readers interested in opera and vocal music who have already come to love Bach’s Passions and who want to familiarize themselves with this wide array of masterpieces.
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Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-3556-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-3557-0
Publisher
Amadeus, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
222
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Introduction. Bach’s Sacred Cantatas No access Pages 1 - 6
Prelude. Bach in the Beginning No access Pages 7 - 10
1. Anticipation and Celebration: Advent and Christmas No access Pages 11 - 30
2. New Beginnings and Fulfillment: The New Year to Epiphany No access Pages 31 - 56
3. Resignation and Resurrection: Lent to Easter No access Pages 57 - 94
4. Transcendence and Unity: Ascension to Trinity No access Pages 95 - 112
5. Charity and Curing: The First to the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity No access Pages 113 - 168
6. Endings and Renewal through Love: The Sixteenth to the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity No access Pages 169 - 210
Postlude in Leipzig No access Pages 211 - 212
Bibliography No access Pages 213 - 214
Cantata Index No access Pages 215 - 220
Track List No access Pages 221 - 222
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