Bach's Church Cantatas

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Bach's Church Cantatas is written by Ruth Tatlow and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0197622518 (ISBN 10) and 9780197622513 (ISBN 13).

"This book opens with the chapter 'Glory from the Gallery' which introduces the reader to every aspect of Bach's church cantatas discussed under eight headings: 'Bach and church cantatas', 'How Bach composed the cantatas', 'A creational theology of music', 'Meaning embedded in music and structures', 'Poetic forms in the cantata texts', 'Bach's domestic circumstances and the cantatas', 'How to refer to the cantatas', and 'Listening to the cantatas'. Chapters two through six each give a case study on a specific cantata, selected to illustrate the variety of cantata styles, discussing the composition movement-by-movement and giving new research on the context and meaning. Chapter two focuses on one of Bach's earliest cantatas, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', Cantata (BWV) 106. Traditionally seen as a funeral cantata, the chapter examines new evidence that suggests new narratives. The third chapter is devoted to the Advent cantata 'Nun kom der Heyden Heyland, Cantata (BWV) 61, asking some hard questions about how Bach perceived of the 'heathen'. The focus of chapter four is Cantata (BWV) 147, 'Herz, und Mund, und That, und Leben' with its ever-popular chorale setting 'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring'"--