Bach's dialogue with modernity: perspectives on the passions

Providing a detailed analysis of Bach's Passions, this 2010 book represents an important contribution to the debate about the culture of 'classical music', its origins, priorities and survival. The angles from which each chapter proceeds differ from those of a traditional music guide,...

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Main Author: Butt, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Reviews:Bach’s Dialogue with Modernity: Perspectives on the Passions. By John Butt (2012) (Lundblad, Jonas)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750, Matthäuspassion
B Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750, Johannespassion
B Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750 / Passion oratory
Further subjects:B Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Matthäuspassion
B Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Johannespassion
B Oratorio
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Parallel Edition:Print version: 9780521883566
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Summary:Providing a detailed analysis of Bach's Passions, this 2010 book represents an important contribution to the debate about the culture of 'classical music', its origins, priorities and survival. The angles from which each chapter proceeds differ from those of a traditional music guide, by examining the Passions in the light of the mindsets of modernity, and their interplay with earlier models of thought and belief. While the historical details of Bach's composition, performance and theological context remain crucial, the foremost concern of this study is to relate these works to a historical context that may, in some threads at least, still be relevant today. The central claim of the book is that the interplay of traditional imperatives and those of early modernity renders Bach's Passions particularly fascinating as artefacts that both reflect and constitute some of the priorities and conditions of the western world
Bach's passions and the construction of early modern subjectivities -- Bach's passions and the textures of time -- The hermeneutic perspective : negotiating the poles of faith and suspicion -- The voices we hear and the construction of narrative authority -- Between rhetoric and dialectic : Bach's inventive stance
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ISBN:0511674775
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511674778