Melamed, Daniel R. - Listening to Bach

This book encourages eighteenth-century ways of listening to J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and Christmas Oratorio. It explores the concept of musical style, suggests ways to listen to works created by the re-use of music for new words, and shows how modern performances are stamped with audible consequences of our place in the twenty-first century.

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CONTENTS

List of Tables
List of Audio Examples
Preface: Listening to Bach
Part I: The Mass in B Minor BWV 232
1. Performing the Mass in B Minor in an Age of Choices
2. Listening to Parody in the Mass in B Minor
3. The Musical Topic of the Mass in B Minor
Part II: The Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
4. Parody and its Consequences in the Christmas Oratorio
5. Listening to the Christmas Oratorio with a Calendar
6. The Christmas Oratorio in the Shadow of Bach's Passions
Epilogue: How to Listen to Bach
Appendix: Tables
Suggestions for Further Reading and Listening
Index