Bach and Mozart : essays on the enigma of genius / Robert L. Marshall.
| Author/creator | Marshall, Robert Lewis author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2019. |
| Description | xxi, 330 pages : music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; [vol. 161] Eastman studies in music ; v. 161. ^A494093 |
| Contents | Prologue: The century of Bach and Mozart as a music-historical epoch : a different argument for the proposition -- Young man Bach : toward a twenty-first-century Bach biography -- The notebooks for Wilhelm Friedemann and Anna Magdalena Bach : some biographical lessons -- Bach and Luther -- Redeeming the St. John Passion and J.S. Bach -- Bach's keyboard music -- The minimalist and traditionalist approaches to performing Bach's choral music : some further thoughts -- Truth and beauty : J.S. Bach at the crossroads of cultural history -- Bach at mid-life : the Christmas oratorio and the search for new paths -- Bach at the boundaries of music history : preliminary reflections on the B-minor Mass and the late-style paradigm -- Father and sons : confronting a uniquely daunting paternal legacy -- Johann Christian Bach and Eros -- Bach and Mozart : styles of musical genius -- Mozart and Amadeus -- Bach and Mozart's artistic maturity -- Mozart's unfinished : some lessons of the fragments -- Epilogue (ossia Postmortem): Had Mozart lived longer : some cautious (and incautious) speculations. |
| Abstract | The essays in this volume serve a single objective: to promote a deeper understanding of two of the greatest composers in history, as both supremely gifted creators and fellow human beings. The many fascinating topics include, among others, Bach's relationship to his sons, Martin Luther's importance in Bach's music and in his life, Bach's attitude toward the Jews, Mozart's wit, his portrayal in Amadeus, his evolving responses to Bach's influence, and the lessons of his unfinished works. Diverse interpretive approaches range from text criticism to style criticism and draw on Freudian and Schenkerian analysis, along with the ideas of Harold Bloom, Theodor Adorno, Edward Said, Maynard Solomon, Charles Rosen, and other challenging thinkers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-313) and index. |
| LCCN | 2019026475 |
| ISBN | 9781580469623 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1580469620 |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| Standard identifier# | 40029483837 |