{"product_id":"bach-perspectives-volume-8-daniel-r-melamed-9780252035845","title":"Bach Perspectives, Volume 8: J.S. Bach and the Oratorio Tradition Volume 8","description":"As the official publication of the American Bach Society, \u003ci\u003eBach Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e has pioneered new areas of research in the life, times, and music of Bach since its first appearance in 1995. Volume 8 of \u003ci\u003eBach Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes the place of Bach's oratorios in their repertorial context. These essays consider Bach's oratorios from a variety of perspectives: in relation to models, antecedents, and contemporary trends; from the point of view of musical and textual types; and from analytical vantage points including links with instrumental music and theology. \u003cp\u003eChristoph Wolff suggests the possibility that Bach's three festive works for Christmas, Easter, and Ascension Day form a coherent group linked by liturgy, chronology, and genre. Daniel R. Melamed considers the many ways in which Bach's passion music was influenced by the famous poetic passion of Barthold Heinrich Brockes. Markus Rathey examines the construction and role of oratorio movements that combine chorales and poetic texts (chorale tropes). Kerala Snyder shows the connections between Bach's \u003ci\u003eChristmas Oratorio\u003c\/i\u003e and one of its models, Buxtehude's \u003ci\u003eAbendmusiken\u003c\/i\u003e spread over many evenings. Laurence Dreyfus argues that Bach thought instrumentally in the composition of his passions at the expense of certain aspects of the text. And Eric Chafe demonstrates the contemporary theological background of Bach's \u003ci\u003eAscension Oratorio\u003c\/i\u003e and its musical realization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel R. Melamed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252035844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252035845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Daniel R. Melamed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064801702143,"sku":"9780252035845","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63cbfb02-b448-4870-bff6-16f1bca417e6.jpg?v=1768671120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bach-perspectives-volume-8-daniel-r-melamed-9780252035845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}