TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rathey,Markus
TI  - Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio: Music, Theology, Culture
SN  - 9780190275266
AV  - ML410.B13 .R287 2016 
U1  - 782.23 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press, Incorporated
KW  - Bach, Johann Sebastian,-1685-1750.-Weihnachts-Oratorium
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4707036
ER  -