Bach & God

by Michael Marissen

Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach's vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the librettos. 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. In some of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190606959
• ISBN13: 9780190606954
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"