The creative development of Johann Sebastian Bach. music to delight the spirit / Richard D.P. Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Richard Douglas author.
Format Book
PublicationOxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Copyright Date©2013
Descriptionxii, 437 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Part I: The Cöthen and early Leipzig years: 1717-1729. The Well-Tempered Clavier I and other keywords works. Fantasia: BWV 903, 542/1 ; Prelude, fugue, and invention: Clavierbüchlein for W. F. Bach, Das Wohltemperierte Clavier I, Aufrichtige Anleitung (inventions and sinfonias) ; Suite: English suites, French suites, and BWV 818-19, Clavierübung I ; Prelude, fantasia, and fugue for organ: BWV 544, 548, 546/1, 537, 562/1, 540/2 -- The Brandenburg concertos and other instrumental works. Concertos and ouvertures [overtures]: Brandenburg concertos, BWV 1046-51, 1042, 1066, 1069 ; Violin, cello, and flute solos: Sei solo a violino senza basso, Six suites for solo cello, BWV 1013 ; Sonatas with obbligato harpsichord or continuo: Sei sonate a cembalo certato e violino solo (BWV 1014-19), BWV 1034, 1039, 1021 -- Sacred and secular: the vocal works. Secular cantatas: BWV 134a, 173a, 249a, 36c, 205, 207, 198, 1039, 1021 ; Sacred cantatas: Leipzig cycle I ; Magnificat and passion: Magnificat in E♭ (BWV 243a), St John Passion, version I ; Leipzig cycle II: chorale cantatas ; St John passion, version II ; Leipzig cycle II: non-chorale cantatas ; Leipzig cycle III ; St Matthew Passion ; Cantatas of 1727-1728 and the Picander cycle (1728-1729) ; The motets: BWV 225-9 -- Part II: The middle Leipzig years: 1729-1739. Clavierübung II-III and other harpsichord, organ, and lute works. Clavierübung II-III ; Miscellaneous keyboard works: BWV 904, 906, 918, 933-8 ; Two lute works: BWV 997-8 ; Miscellaneous organ works: BWV 590, 547, 736 -- The harpsichord concertos and other instrumental works. Two ouvertures: BWV 1068, 1067 ; Two violin concertos: BWV 1041, 1043 ; Concertos for three or four harpsichords: BWV 1063-5 ; Concertos for two harpsichords: BWV 1060-2 ; Concertos for solo harpsichord: BWV 1052-9 ; Sonatas in concerto style: Six organ sonatas (BWV 525-30) ; BWV 1029-30, 1032 -- Sacred and secular: vocal works II. Secular cantatas: BWV 201, 213-15, 206, 211, 209, 30a ; Sacred cantatas: BWV 117, 192, 51, 112, 29, 140, 36, 177, 97, 100, 14, 80, 9, 197, 30 ; Passion and motet: St Mark Passion (BWV 247), BWV 118 ; Magnificat and Missa: Magnificat in D (BWV 243), Missa in B minor (BWV 232), Missae (BWV 233-6), Kyrie-Christe (BWV 233a) ; Oratorio: Weihnachts-Oratorium, Himmelfahrts-Oratorium, Oster-Oratorium -- Part III: The late Leipzig years: 1739-1750. The Well-Tempered Clavier II and other keyboard/organ works ; Eighteen chorales (BWV 651-68) ; Das Wohltemperierte Clavier II ; Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen (Goldberg variations) ; Verschiedene Canones (Fourteen canons) ; Die Kunst der Fuge [Art of Fugue] ; Canonische Veränderungen (Vom Himmel hoch) ; Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art (Schübler chorales) -- The Musical Offering and other instrumental works. Sonatas BWV 1035, 1027-8 ; Concerto BWV 1044 ; Musicalisches Opfer BWV 1079 -- The B minor Mass and other vocal works. Cantate burlesque (Peasant cantata) BWV 212 ; Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden BWV 1083 ; Mass in B minor BWV 232.
Abstract This is the second of a two-volume study of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Taking into account the vast increase in our knowledge of the composer due to the Bach scholarship of the last sixty years, the author presents a vivid and in some respects radically new picture of his creative development during the Cöthen (1717-23) and Leipzig years (1723-50). The approach is, as far as possible, chronological and analytical, but the author has also tried to make the book readable so that it may be accessible to music lovers and amateur performers as well as to students, scholars, and professional musicians. There are many good biographies of Bach, but this is the first, fully-comprehensive, in-depth study of his music making it indispensable for those who want to study specific pieces or learn how he developed as a composer.
General noteOriginally published: 2013.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780198739272 (pbk.)
ISBN0198739273 (pbk.)
ISBN9780199696284 (hbk.)
ISBN0199696284 (hbk.)
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