Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint - Brossura

Yearsley, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521090997 ISBN 13: 9780521090995

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

In Bach's Germany musical counterpoint was an art involving much more than the sophisticated use of advanced compositional techniques. A range of theological, cultural, social and political meanings attached themselves to the use of complex procedures such as canon and double counterpoint. This book explores the significance of Bach's counterpoint in a range of interrelated contexts: its use as a means of reflecting on death; its parallels to alchemy; its vexed status in the galant music culture of the first half of the eighteenth century; its value as a representation of political power; and its central importance in the creation of Bach's image in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Touching on a wide array of contemporary literary, philosophical, critical, and musical texts, the book includes new readings of many of Bach's late works in order to re-evaluate the status and meaning of counterpoint in Bach's work and legacy.

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Recensione:

Review of the hardback: '... this is a book with spaces for thought, infused with a sense of excitement about the material. it is probably the most important monograph on counterpoint in the eighteenth century to have appeared since Warren Kirkendale's tirelessly detailed Fugue and Fugato in Rococo and Classical Chamber Music.' Eighteenth-Century Music

Review of the hardback: '... the concept behind the book, its thorough and scholarly execution, and the high intellectual level of the writing, all make it an indispensable study for students of Bach's late published works.' Early Music

Descrizione del libro:

Offers interpretations of many of Bach's late compositions which include complex musical techniques such as canon. These techniques had significant meanings attached to them which were crucial to, for example, the Lutheran rituals of death and Enlightenment philosophies of stylistic change and musical progress.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521090997
• ISBN 13: 9780521090995
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 276