Bach Against Modernity

by Michael Marissen

Many scholars and music lovers hold that J.S. Bach is a modern figure, as his music seems to speak directly to the aesthetic, spiritual, or emotional concerns of today's listeners. But, by eighteenth-century standards, Bach and his music in fact reflected and forcefully promoted a premodern world and life view. In Bach against Modernity, author Michael Marissen offers a new look at Bach that considers problems of inattentiveness to historical considerations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197669492
• ISBN13: 9780197669495
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"