Bach & God
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (913 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190606959 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Marissen makes the excellent argument that you cannot separate the music of Bach Marissen makes the excellent argument that you cannot separate the music of Bach from Bach's spirituality and fully understand its aesthetic. At the same time, one cannot determine the true personal nature of Bach's spiritual thought, try as we have with the clues we have been left. Many in the past have taught that to be properly understood, Bach's music should be approached from a purely musical standpoint apart from any spirituality, or as absolute music: music for music's sake. While Bach's music is a marvel on any level, its full realization is incomp. Super writing on an often-vexing subject A. Johnson Super book on a vexing subject. Anyone into theology or music — or both! — will,find this a compelling read.. Little music, much theology. Bo-RING! William Quinn I care about Bach's musical ideas, including ideas applied to religious thought. This book for the most part skipped the music.
S. His publications include The Social and ReligiousDesigns of J. John Passion (Oxford, 1998), An Introduction to Bach Studies (co-author Daniel Melamed; Oxford, 1998), Bach's Oratorios (Oxford, 2008), Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah (Yale, 2014), and essays in Lutheran Quarterly, Harvard Theol
Bach's music is inexhaustible, and Bach & God suggests that through close contextual study there is always more to discover and learn.. Yet he also shows how Bach's pitches, rhythms, and tone colors can make contributions to a work's plausible meanings that go beyond setting texts in an aesthetically satisfying manner. Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach's vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Finally, even Bach's secular instrumental music, particularly the late collections of "abstract" learned counterpoint, can powerfully project certain elements of traditional Lutheran theology. In a few of Bach's vocal works, his otherwise puzzlingly fierce musical settings serve to underscore now unrecognized or unacknowledged verbal polemics, most unsettlingly so in the case of his church cantatas that express contempt for Jews and Judaism. In some of Bach's vocal repertory, the music puts a "spin" on the words in a way that turns out to be explainable as orthodox Lutheran in its orientation. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the librettos
"Michael Marissen's courageous and challenging investigations into the religious meaning of Bach's music have been hidden away in theological journals long enough. Nickelsburg, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies, The University of Iowa"Michael Marissen is one of the most widely discussed scholars currently addressing the theological dimensions of Bach's musicthis work cannot be ignored, and, like his other works, deserves a wide readership."--Professor Jeremy Begbie, Duke University"Essentially, Marissenis a philologist of the first order: examining original sources with accessible translations and providing clear and detailed understanding of the word."--The Bach Cantata Website"In Bach & God, a new collection of essays by musicologist Michael Marissen, Johann Sebastian Bach's relationship to Lutheranism gets the careful, historical attention it deservesMichael Marissen's Bach & God i