Bach's dialogue with modernity : perspectives on the passions / John Butt.

Author/creator Butt, John author.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Descriptionx, 317 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Abstract Providing detailed analysis of Bach's Passions, Butt demonstrates how they reflect and constitute priorities and conditions of the western world.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 302-311) and index.
LCCN 2009037921
ISBN9780521883566 (hbk.)
ISBN0521883563 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.B13 B226 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold