Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion
Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 30 November 2000
- ISBN 9780198162407
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages196 pages
- Size 224x145x15 mm
- Weight 354 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous music examples, line diagrams 0
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Short description:
This book (published in German by B--renreiter in 1988 and now available in English translation for the first time) is a comprehensive guide to the genesis, transmission, structure, meaning, and performance considerations of Bach's St John Passion. One of Bach's most fascinating works, its text demonstrates a profound understanding of St John's Gospel. The musical design of the choruses with their numerous interrelationships is quite unique and demands some explanation. The fact that the Passion exists in four different versions leads D--rr to ask which changes were intentional and which were the result of practical constraints or of orders issued by church authorities.
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This book (published in German by B--renreiter in 1988 and now available in English translation for the first time) is a comprehensive guide to the genesis, transmission, structure, meaning, and performance considerations of Bach's St John Passion.
The St John Passion is one of Bach's most fascinating works. Its text demonstrates a profound understanding of St John's Gospel. The musical design of the choruses with their numerous interrelationships is quite unique and requires some explanation. The fact that the Passion exists in four different versions leads D--rr to ask which changes were intentional and which were the result of practical constraints or of orders issued by church authorities.
The introduction to the work is preceded by a detailed account of its genesis and transmission, and the uniquely complicated nature of the sources. The discussion of the Passion itself is based on the assumption that what Bach wanted to say to the Leipzig congregation on Good Friday was designed to be understood in verbal and musical terms. Number symbolism, 'eye music', and encrypted information do not form the essence of what Bach was trying to communicate to us.
D--rr writes illuminatingly and perceptively on topics such as the theology of St John's Gospel and its relationship to Bach's setting, questions of overall design and tonal architecture
Table of Contents:
Preface
Genesis
Introduction. Did Bach compose a Passion before 1724?
1. Version I (1724)
2. Version II (1725)
3. Version III (c. 1730)
4. Version IV (c. 1749)
5. Score A
Transmission
1. The lost original score X (1724?)
2. The revised score (source A, c. 1739-1749)
3. The original parts: Introduction; Set I; Set II; Set III; Set IV; Parts no longer extant
Meaning
1. Protestant settings of the Passion
2. The text of the St John Passion: a. The depiction of the Passion in the Gospel according to St John; b. The Gospel text; c. The chorale verses; d. The free poetry
Bach's music: a. The setting of the biblical narrative; b. The chorale movements; c. The choruses; d. The arias and ariosos
Problms associated with the overall formal design and the different versions
Performance practice: a. General remarks; b. The execution of the continuo; c. Specific problems
Appendices: Problematical Points
Appendix I The participation of transverse flutes in Version I
Appendix II The reconstruction of Movement 33 in Version I
Appendix III The chronology of the Passions Bach performed in Leipzig
Appendix IV The problem of symmetry in Bach's work
Bibliography
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Text of the St John Passion (German & English)
