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Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio : Music, Theology, Culture.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (433 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190275266
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas OratorioDDC classification:
  • 782.23
LOC classification:
  • ML410.B13 .R287 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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