Cantata Texts

Author : Melvin P. Unger
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461659051
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook to Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts written by Melvin P. Unger and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1996-04-16 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German church cantata of the eighteenth century was the culmination of a long tradition of Lutheran "sermon music" that used the proclamation, amplification, and interpretation of scripture to teach and persuade the listener. Bach's cantatas also served this didactic purpose and typically incorporate numerous allusions to scriptural passages or themes in their librettos. Unfortunately, many of these passages remain obscure to the twentieth-century musician because they demand a much closer familiarity with the Bible than is common today. The Handbook to Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts identifies scriptural references for the wording, imagery, and themes that Bach's listeners would have known. In addition, the religious or literary theme of each text is summarized within the specific context of the cantata as a whole. With interlinear translations and a full complement of indexes.

Author : Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cantata Texts, Sacred and Secular written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred Dürr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198167075
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cantatas of J.S. Bach written by Alfred Dürr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar.

Author : Michael Talbot
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351575163
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aspects of the Secular Cantata in Late Baroque Italy written by Michael Talbot and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As shown by the ever-increasing volume of recordings, editions and performances of the vast repertory of secular cantatas for solo voice produced, primarily in Italy, in the second half of the seventeenth century and the first half of the eighteenth century, this long neglected genre has at last 'come of age'. However, scholarly interest is currently lagging behind musical practice: incredibly, there has been no general study of the Baroque cantata since Eugen Schmitz's handbook of 1914, and although many academic theses have examined microscopically the cantatas of individual composers, there has been little opportunity to view these against the broader canvas of the genre as a whole. The contributors in this volume choose aspects of the cantata relevant to their special interests in order to say new things about the works, whether historical, analytical, bibliographical, discographical or performance-based. The prime focus is on Italian-born composers working between 1650 and 1750 (thus not Handel), but the opportunity is also taken in one chapter (by Graham Sadler) to compare the French cantata tradition with its Italian parent in association with a startling new claim regarding the intended instrumentation. Many key figures are considered, among them Tomaso Albinoni, Giovanni Bononcini, Giovanni Legrenzi, Benedetto Marcello, Alessandro Scarlatti, Alessandro Stradella, Leonardo Vinci and Antonio Vivaldi. The poetic texts of the cantatas, all too often treated as being of little intrinsic interest, are given their due weight. Space is also found for discussions of the history of Baroque solo cantatas on disc and of the realization of the continuo in cantata arias - a topic more complex and contentious than may at first be apparent. The book aims to stimulate interest in, and to win converts to, this genre, which in its day equalled the instrumental sonata in importance, and in which more than a few composers invested a major part of their creativity.

Author : Lawrence Bennett
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253010349
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Italian Cantata in Vienna written by Lawrence Bennett and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of music for the imperial court “from a professor, choral director, and professional tenor who has studied Viennese cantatas for half a century” (Lowell Lindgren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Lawrence Bennett provides a comprehensive study of the rich repertoire of accompanied vocal chamber music that entertained the imperial family in Vienna and their guests throughout the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The cantata became a form of elite entertainment composed to amuse listeners during banquets or pay homage to members of the royal family during special occasions. Concentrating on Baroque cantatas composed in the Habsburg court, Bennett draws extensively on primary source material to explore the stylistic changes that occurred within the genre in the generations before Haydn and Mozart. “An important book. It deserves to be warmly welcomed not only by scholars but also by performers of Baroque vocal chamber music.” —Early Music “Shed[s] light on an important yet seldom-discussed repertory, written by someone whose expertise is unquestionable.” —Music and Letters “By taking multiple analytical approaches, Bennett establishes an overall understanding while also demonstrating how individual composers approached the genre. . . . Recommended.” —Choice “An important tool for understanding the context in which cantatas were composed and performed, and in which the Hapsburgs’ important music collection . . . was created.” —Notes “A wealth of new information . . . from a scholar who writes clearly and perceptively, and who has devoted decades of attention to the material.” —Steven Saunders, Charles A. Dana Professor of Music, Colby College

Author : Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cantata Texts, Sacred and Secular written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906857196
Total Pages : 656 pages
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Download or read book Cantata Texts written by Johann Sebastian Bach and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrea Alciati
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emblemata written by Andrea Alciati and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognition of the great importance in Renaissance culture of the versatile and complex form of the emblem is increasingly widespread. This series aims to satisfy the needs of those who require access to texts in an edition as close to the original as possible.

Author : David Tunley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198164395
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eighteenth Century French Cantata written by David Tunley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1974, has become the classic study of one of the most popular musical forms in early eighteenth-century France. It not only documents and examines a considerable repertoire for the first time, but it also places the genre in the wider context of both French and Italian baroque musical styles.

Author : Charles Sanford Terry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The hymns and hymn melodies of the cantatas and motetts written by Charles Sanford Terry and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: