Varwig, Bettina - Rethinking Bach

This book a offers a multitude of provocative new perspectives on one of the most iconic composers in the Western classical tradition. Its collective rethinking of some of our most cherished narratives and deeply held beliefs about Johann Sebastian Bach will allow readers to see the man in a new light and to hear his music with new ears.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction: (Still) Talking about Bach
Bettina Varwig
I. Histories
Chapter 1
Bach and Material Culture
Stephen Rose
Chapter 2
Rethinking 1829
Ellen Exner
Chapter 3
Post/Colonial Bach
Yvonne Liao
II. Bodies
Chapter 4
Bach and the Soprano Voice
Wendy Heller
Chapter 5
Embodied Invention: Bach at the Keyboard
Bettina Varwig
Chapter 6
Rethinking Affect
Isabella van Elferen
III. Meanings
Chapter 7
Bach and Theology
Jeremy Begbie
Chapter 8
Bach the Humorist
David Yearsley
Chapter 9
Rethinking Bach Codes
Daniel R. Melamed
Chapter 10
Bach's Works and the Listener's Viewpoint
John Butt
IV. Currents
Chapter 11
Bach's Chorale Pedagogy
Derek Remes
Chapter 12
Rethinking Editions: Mass, Missa, and Monument Culture
Joshua Rifkin
Chapter 13
Bach Against Modernity
Michael Marissen
Chapter 14
Bach Anxiety: A Meditation on the Future of the Past
Michael Markham
Works Cited
Index