Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio : Music, Theology, Culture.
Rathey, Markus.
Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio : Music, Theology, Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (433 pages)
Cover -- Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translations -- Abbreviations -- 1. Prologue -- 2. Redefining Christmas -- 3. Layers of Time: The Theology of the Christmas Oratorio -- 4. Bach's Oratorio Concept -- 5. Planning the Oratorio -- 6. Dichotomies (Part I) -- 7. Mundane and Celestial Harmonies (Part II) -- 8. Inward Mobility (Part III) -- 9. "What's in a Name?" (Part IV) -- 10. Paths of Enlightenment (Part V) -- 11. The Bridegroom and the Enemy (Part VI) -- 12. Looking Ahead: An Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book is the first thorough study of Bach's popular Christmas Oratorio in English. While giving a comprehensive overview of the oratorio, the book focuses in particular on the cultural and theological understanding of Christmas in Bach's time and the compositional process from the earliest concepts to the completed piece.
9780190275266
Bach, Johann Sebastian,-1685-1750.-Weihnachts-Oratorium.
Electronic books.
ML410.B13 .R287 2016
782.23
Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio : Music, Theology, Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (433 pages)
Cover -- Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translations -- Abbreviations -- 1. Prologue -- 2. Redefining Christmas -- 3. Layers of Time: The Theology of the Christmas Oratorio -- 4. Bach's Oratorio Concept -- 5. Planning the Oratorio -- 6. Dichotomies (Part I) -- 7. Mundane and Celestial Harmonies (Part II) -- 8. Inward Mobility (Part III) -- 9. "What's in a Name?" (Part IV) -- 10. Paths of Enlightenment (Part V) -- 11. The Bridegroom and the Enemy (Part VI) -- 12. Looking Ahead: An Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book is the first thorough study of Bach's popular Christmas Oratorio in English. While giving a comprehensive overview of the oratorio, the book focuses in particular on the cultural and theological understanding of Christmas in Bach's time and the compositional process from the earliest concepts to the completed piece.
9780190275266
Bach, Johann Sebastian,-1685-1750.-Weihnachts-Oratorium.
Electronic books.
ML410.B13 .R287 2016
782.23