An introduction to Bach studies / Daniel R. Melamed, Michael Marissen.
| Author/creator |
Melamed, Daniel R. |
| Other author/creator | Marissen, Michael. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 1998. |
| Description | xi, 189 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | Bibliographic tools of Bach research. Basic reference tools -- Bibliographies -- Dictionaries -- Other resources with strong bibliographies -- Surveys of Bach studies -- Bach organizations -- Sources of secondary literature. Periodicals -- Serials -- Conference reports -- Festival publications -- Festschrifts -- Other essay collections -- Individuals' collected writings -- Journal issues -- Bach's life. The Bach family. Ancestors ; Wives ; Children -- Documentation. Documents ; Iconography -- Biographies of J.S. Bach. Primary and early biographies ; Later biographies ; The Bach image -- Chronology of Bach's life. Places and their biographical issues. Thuringia in general ; Eisenach 1685-95 ; Ohrdruf 1695-1700 ; Luneburg 1700-03 ; Weimar 1703 ; Arnstadt 1703-07 ; Muhlhausen 1707-08 ; Weimar 1708-17 ; Kothen 1717-23 ; Leipzig 1723-50 ; Other places with Bach connections -- Bach's world. Bach's teaching and students. Bach's teaching ; Bach's students -- Bach's library -- Liturgical context. The liturgical year ; The liturgy -- Sources and transmission. Source study. Sources and facsimiles ; J.S. Bach's handwriting ; Bach's copyists ; Papers ; Original editions -- Transmission. Bach's estate and its division ; Bach's heirs ; Collectors and collections ; Libraries and catalogues -- Repertory and editions. Worklists -- Editions. Early editions ; Bach-Gesellschaft edition ; Neue Bach-Ausgabe ; Other important editions -- Vocal music. Texts and librettists. Texts ; Librettists ; Writings on vocal texts -- All the vocal music. Overviews of Bach's vocal music ; Chronologies of Bach's vocal music ; Choruses ; Arias ; Ariosos and accompanied recitatives ; Recitatives ; Instrumentation in Bach's vocal music ; Parody ; Other topics in Bach's vocal music -- Genres and individual vocal works. Cantatas ; Passions ; Oratorios ; Latin works ; Motets ; Four-part chorales -- Instrumental music. All the instrumental music. General topics in Bach's instrumental music ; Genres of Bach's instrumental music ; Other topics in Bach's instrumental music -- Genres and individual instrumental works. Solo organ ; Other solo keyboard ; Other solo works ; Concertos ; Suites ; Sonatas ; Canons, Musical Offering, Art of Fugue -- Bach's music in performance. Vocal forces -- Instrumental forces -- Instruments -- Ornamentation and execution -- Pitch -- Bach as composer. Compositional process -- Bach and the music of other composers -- Dance -- Approaches to Bach's music. Tone-painting -- Theological studies -- Bach's music and society -- Reception -- Numerology -- Analysis. |
| Abstract | This volume is a guide to the resources and materials of Bach scholarship, both for the non specialist wondering where to begin in the enormous literature on J. S. Bach, and for the Bach specialist looking for a convenient and up to date survey of the field. It describes the tools of Bach research and how to use them, and suggests how to get started in Bach research by describing the principal areas of research and citing the essential literature on each piece and topic. The authors emphasize the issues that have engaged Bach scholars for generations, focusing on particularly important writings; on recent literature; on overviews, collections of essays and handbooks; and on writings in English. Subjects covered include bibliographic tools of Bach research and sources of literature; Bach's family; Bach biographies; places Bach lived and worked; Bach's teaching; the liturgy; Bach source studies and the transmission of his music; repertory and editions; genres and individual vocal and instrumental works; performance practice; the reception and analysis of Bach's music; and many others. The book also offers explanations of important and potentially confusing topics in Bach research, such as the organization of the annual cantata cycles, pitch standards, the history of the Berlin libraries, the structure of the critical commentary volumes in the Neue Bach Ausgabe, and so on. This book opens up the rich world of Bach scholarship to students, teachers, performers, and listeners. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 97040406 |
| ISBN | 0195122313 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Reference | ML134.B1 M45 1998 | ✔ Available | ||
| Music | Music Stacks | ML134.B1 M45 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |