The Mass in B Minor is arguably Bach's greatest single work. This short guide considers the work from many angles, offering the reader basic information in a concise and accessible form. John Butt gives an absorbing account of the work's genesis, its historical context, and its reception by later generations. One chapter considers the work movement by movement, providing the text in both Latin and English, and the final group of chapters on the music itself suggests some new approaches to the work--its forms, style and overall structure. This is an informative and lucid guide, providing an up-to-date summary of existing research and opinions together with some new and challenging insights.
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"While the book has numerous virtues--such as up-to-date assessments of why Bach created the Mass, and of how he used pre-existing pieces to do so--an even finer kind of writing emerges when Butt takes us into the composer's workshop." Fanfare
"...this book fulfills its purpose admirably. For the concert-goer, it provides a lucid guide to one of the pillars of western music. For the serious student or choral conductor, it furnishes an introduction to the glories and the mysteries of what is arguably Bach's greatest single work." John Devorick, The Choral Journal
"...a most welcome attempt to sum up the main results of recent scholarship on the B Minor Mass. Designed mainly for nonspecialists it presents a concise and up-to-date account of Bach's monumental work that will be of use to students, teachers, and music lovers alike." Peter Wollny, Notes
"...this book fulfills its purpose admirably. For the concert-goer, it provides a lucid guide to one of the pillars of western music. For the serious student or choral conductor, it furnishes an introduction to the glories and the mysteries of what is arguably Bach's greatest single work." John Devorick, The Choral Journal
"...a most welcome attempt to sum up the main results of recent scholarship on the B Minor Mass. Designed mainly for nonspecialists it presents a concise and up-to-date account of Bach's monumental work that will be of use to students, teachers, and music lovers alike." Peter Wollny, Notes
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An absorbing account of the mass's genesis--its historical context and its reception by later generations--considers the work movement by movement, and includes an English as well as Latin text.
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The Mass in B Minor dominates Bach's oeuvre as a work reaching well beyond the bounds of its practical and stylistic context. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
missa tota, first vocal entry, ritornello material, opening ritornello, instrumental ritornello, stile antico, upper neighbour, qui tollis, fifth voice, fugal exposition, vocal material, vocal sections, autograph score, fugue subject, compositional activity, mass settings, vocal writing, complete mass, vocal parts, instrumental interlude, instrumental parts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The Mass in B Minor dominates Bach's oeuvre as a work reaching well beyond the bounds of its practical and stylistic context. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
missa tota, first vocal entry, ritornello material, opening ritornello, instrumental ritornello, stile antico, upper neighbour, qui tollis, fifth voice, fugal exposition, vocal material, vocal sections, autograph score, fugue subject, compositional activity, mass settings, vocal writing, complete mass, vocal parts, instrumental interlude, instrumental parts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Agnus Dei, Symbolum Nicenum, Domine Deus, Bach's Mass, Christmas Day, Elector of Saxony, Friedrich August, Roman Catholic, Royal Highness, Walter Blankenburg New!
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- Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 1 by Philipp Spitta in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph Wolff in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents, Revised Edition by Hans T. David in Back Matter
- Holst: The Planets (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Richard Greene in Front Matter
- Brahms: A German Requiem (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Michael Musgrave in Front Matter
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