Bach's Oratorios: The Parallel German-English Texts with Annotations

by Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Marissen

The major choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach-the Christmas, Easter, and Ascension Oratorios, and the St. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. John Passions-stand as the most frequently-performed and penetratingly discussed of the genre. Renowned Bach scholar Michael Marissen has assembled a compact, well-designed and ideally useful treatment of Bach's oratorios, providing the full German texts with literal English translations and copious annotations. He...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195367170
• ISBN13: 9780195367171
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"