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Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas oratorio : music, theology, culture /
This book is the first thorough study of Bach's popular Christmas Oratorio in English. While giving a comprehensive overview of the oratorio, the book focuses in particular on the cultural and theological understanding of Christmas in Bach's time and the compositional process from the earl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue
- Redefining Christmas
- Layers of time: the theology of the Christmas oratorio
- Bach's oratorio concept
- Planning the oratorio
- Dichotomies (Part I)
- Mundane and celestial harmonies (Part II)
- Inward mobility (Part III)
- What's in a name? (Part IV)
- Paths on enlightenment (Part V)
- The bridegroom and the enemy (Part VI)
- Looking ahead: an epilogue.