Bach's Dialogue with Modernity
Perspectives on the Passions
- Author: John Butt, University of Glasgow
- Date Published: February 2012
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107404601
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Providing a detailed analysis of Bach's Passions, this 2010 book represents an important contribution to the debate about the culture of 'classical music', its origins, priorities and survival. The angles from which each chapter proceeds differ from those of a traditional music guide, by examining the Passions in the light of the mindsets of modernity, and their interplay with earlier models of thought and belief. While the historical details of Bach's composition, performance and theological context remain crucial, the foremost concern of this study is to relate these works to a historical context that may, in some threads at least, still be relevant today. The central claim of the book is that the interplay of traditional imperatives and those of early modernity renders Bach's Passions particularly fascinating as artefacts that both reflect and constitute some of the priorities and conditions of the western world.
Read more- Contains a detailed musical analysis of two major works of Bach, placing the music in the context of the development of modernity in western culture
- Represents an important contribution to the debates about the historical and cultural conditions that have rendered 'classical music' significant
- Broadens the traditionally isolated nature of Bach scholarship, providing the reader with an understanding of what makes Bach and his music valuable
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'This spirited and wide-ranging book opens up a host of original and timely perspectives on a crucial repertoire, and argues eloquently for the vital relevance and rewards Bach's Passions offer the modern world.' David Yearsley
See more reviews'Butt's [is a] scholarly book, with its copious musical examples and often fascinating asides.' Glasgow Sunday Herald
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- Date Published: February 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107404601
- length: 330 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.53kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Bach's Passions and the construction of early modern subjectivities
2. Bach's Passions and the textures of time
3. The hermeneutic perspective: negotiating the poles of faith and suspicion
4. The voices we hear and the construction of narrative authority
5. Between rhetoric and dialectic: Bach's inventive stance
Afterword.
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