Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism, and Bach's St. John Passion: With an Annotated Literal Translation of the Libretto

by Michael Marissen

Book Overview

Bach's St. John Passion is surely one of the monuments of Western music, yet performances of it are inevitably controversial. In large part, this is because of the combination of the powerful and highly emotional music and a text that includes passages from a gospel marked by vehement anti-Judaic sentiments. What did this masterpiece mean in Bach's day and what does it mean today?

Although bibliographies on Bach and Judaism have grown enormously...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019511471X
• ISBN13: 9780195114713
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"