| Series |
Bach perspectives, 1072-1924 ; v. 4
Bach perspectives ; v. 4. ^A1254192
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| Contents |
Part one. Concepts of ritornello and concerto. Introduction: Bach's orchestral music / Alfred Mann -- The question of genre in J.S. Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto / Gregory G. Butler -- Modular structure and the recognition of ritornello in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos / Jeanne Swack -- Part two. Interpretation. The harpsichord culture in Bach's environs / John Koster -- The trio in Bach's Musical Offering: a salute to Frederick's tastes and Quantz's flutes? / Mary Oleskiewicz -- Versions of Bach: performing practices in the keyboard works / David Schulenberg -- 39. Praeludia et Fugen del signor Johann Sebastian Bach?: the Langloz Manuscript, SBB Mus. ms. Bach P 296 / William Renwick -- Fugue in the music-rhetorical analogy and rhetoric in the development of fugue / Paul Walker -- Bach recordings since 1980: a mirror of historical performance / John Butt. |
| Abstract |
This volume contains contributions by nine scholars on two broad themes: the analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's orchestral works, especially his concertos, and the interpretation and performance of his music in general. The contributors are a diverse group, active in the fields of performance, organology, music theory, and music history. Several work in more than one of these areas, making them particularly well prepared to write on the interdisciplinary themes of the volume. Part 1 includes Alfred Mann's introduction to Bach's orchestral music as well as essays by Gregory G. Butler and Jeanne Swack on the Brandenburg Concertos. Part 2 offers ground-breaking articles by John Koster and Mary Oleskiewicz on the harpsichords and flutes of Bach's day as well as essays by David Schulenberg and William Renwick on keyboard performance practice and the study of fugue in Bach's circle. Paul Walker explores the relationships between rhetoric and fugue, and John Butt reviews some recent trends in Bach performance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 0803210515 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780803210516 (alk. paper) |
