J. S. Bach and the German Motet

J. S. Bach and the German Motet
Author: Daniel R. Melamed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1995-09-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521418645

An exploration of Bach's motets in the context of the German motet tradition.

Tradition and Individual Style in the Motets of J.S. Bach

Tradition and Individual Style in the Motets of J.S. Bach
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Features "Tradition and Individual Style in the Motets of J.S. Bach," written by Natalie Beck and presented online by the Roger Wagner Center for Choral Studies of California State University, Los Angeles. Focuses on the German organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

Bach

Bach
Author: Charles Francis Abdy Williams
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Total Pages: 262
Release: 1906
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Hearing Bach's Passions

Hearing Bach's Passions
Author: Daniel R. Melamed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2005-03-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0195169336

Daniel Melamed offers a study of Bach's passion settings seeking to familiarise readers with some of the intriguing issues in the study and performance of older music. He explores what it means to listen to this music today.

J. S. Bach, Volume One

J. S. Bach, Volume One
Author: Albert Schweitzer
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1966-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486216317

Volume 1 of 2-volume set. This stimulating narrative traces Bach's life; discusses contemporary artistic and philosophical movements; assesses the work of his predecessors Schutz, Scheidt, Buxtehude, etc., analyzes Bach's own work; and passes on brilliant recommendations for performance — tempo, phrasing, accentuation, dynamics, etc. Translated by Ernest Newman.

Listening to Bach

Listening to Bach
Author: Daniel R. Melamed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2018
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0190881054

This volume encourages eighteenth-century ways of listening to J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and Christmas Oratorio. It explores the concept of musical style, suggests ways to listen to works created by the re-use of music for new words, and shows how modern performances are stamped with audible consequences of our place in the twenty-first century