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by: George B. Stauffer
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780300099669
ISBN: 0300099665
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: December 01, 2003
Publisher: Yale University Press
Sales Rank: 1140486
Studio: Yale University Press
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In this book George B. Stauffer explores the music and complex history of Bach's last and possibly greatest masterpiece. Stauffer examines the B-Minor Mass in greater detail than ever before, demonstrating for the first time Bach's reliance on contemporary models from the Dresden Mass repertory and his brilliantly innovative methods of unifying his immense composition. Musicians, music scholars, students, and music lovers will find in this engagingly written book a wealth of information about Bach's extraordinary choral work. Stauffer surveys the roots of the Mass Ordinary text and its treatment in settings known to Bach. He looks at the events that led to the writing of the B-Minor Mass and places the work within the context of the composer's late style. In three deeply informed chapters, Stauffer considers the individual sections of the Mass-the Kyrie and Gloria, the Credo, and the Sanctus and Agnus Dei. The book also traces the history of the work after Bach's death, addresses specific issues of performance practice, and investigates the qualities that give the B-Minor Mass its universal appeal.
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Rating: - Balance among scholarship, history and performance practice
This book takes a balance view among music analysis, history as well as performance practice. For those who need only one definite study on Bach's greatest work could consider this as first choice!
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