Bach & God
Michael Marissen (Author)
Bach & God explores the religious character of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging insights from detailed investigations of both words and music. Bach is inexhaustible, and Bach & God suggests that through close contextual study there is always more to discover and learn
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xxi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780190606954, 0190606959
927241520
Basic Lutheranism in cantatas. "On the musically theological" in Bach's cantatas ; Historically informed readings of the librettos from Bach's cantatas
Taking up anti-Judaism in cantatas. Bach's cantata on the destruction of Jerusalem ; Bach's cantatas and "the Jews" in the Gospel of John
Not taking up anti-Judaism in passion settings. Bach's St. John passion and "the Jews" ; Blood, people, and crowds in Bach's St. Matthew passion
Religious expression in secular chamber music. The theological character of Bach's Musical offering