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Lutheranism, anti-Judaism, and Bach's St. John Passion : with an annotated literal translation of the libretto /

Bach's St. John Passion is surely one of the monuments of Western music, yet performances have become inevitably controversial. In large part, this is the result of the combination of powerful, highly emotional music coupled with a text that includes passages from a gospel marked by vehement an...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Marissen, Michael
Autres auteurs: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Alemán
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Issues of method
  • Bach's duties
  • Lutheranism and theories of atonement
  • Following Jesus, according to the St. John Passion. Who is Jesus? ; Faith and discipleship ; Theology of the cross
  • Lutheran concepts of Jews and Judaism. The Gospel of John ; Luther's polemics ; Luther and Hitler ; Luther on Jews as "Christ killers"
  • Jew-hatred and the St. John Passion. Olearius and Brockes ; Musical repetition and symmetry ; Who crucified Jesus?
  • Where now?
  • Annotated literal translation fo the libretto
  • Appendix 1 : Notes on anti-Judaism and Bach's other works
  • Appendix 2 : Musical examples.