Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas oratorio : music, theology, culture / Markus Rathey.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9780190275266
- 019027526X
- 9780190275273
- 0190275278
- 782.23 23
- ML410.B13 R38 2016eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover; Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; A Note on Translations ; Abbreviations ; 1. Prologue ; 2. Redefining Christmas ; 3. Layers of Time:�The Theology of the Christmas Oratorio ; 4. Bach's Oratorio Concept.
5. Planning the Oratorio 6. Dichotomies (Part�I) ; 7. Mundane and Celestial Harmonies (Part�II) ; 8. Inward Mobility (Part III) ; 9. "What's in a Name?" (Part�IV) ; 10. Paths of Enlightenment (Part�V) ; 11. The Bridegroom and the Enemy (Part�VI) ; 12. Looking Ahead: An Epilogue.
This book is the first thorough study of Bach's popular Christmas Oratorio in English. While giving a comprehensive overview of the oratorio, the book focuses in particular on the cultural and theological understanding of Christmas in Bach's time and the compositional process from the earliest concepts to the completed piece.
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