Bach & God explores the religious character of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging insights from detailed investigations of both words and music. Bach is inexhaustible, and Bach & God suggests that through close contextual study there is always more to discover and learn.
CONTENTS
Preface 000
Credits 000
Acknowledgments 000
Introduction 000
Part I: Basic Lutheranism in Cantatas
1. On the Musically Theological in Bach's Cantatas 000
2. Historically Informed Readings of the Librettos from Bach's Cantatas 000
Part II: Taking Up Anti-Judaism in Cantatas
3. Bach's Cantata on the Destruction of Jerusalem 000
4. Bach's Cantatas and the Jews in the Gospel of John 000
Part III: Not Taking Up Anti-Judaism in Passion Settings
5. Bach's St. John Passion and the Jews 000
6. Blood, People, and Crowds in Bach's St. Matthew Passion 000
Part IV: Religious Expression in Secular Chamber Music
7. The Theological Character of Bach's Musical Offering 000
Works Cited 000
Index 000