TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loewe,Andreas
AU  - Firth,Katherine
AU  - Wright,N.T.
AU  - Bach,Johann Sebastian
AU  - Bach,Johann Sebastian
TI  - Johann Sebastian Bach's St John passion (BWV 245): a theological commentary with a new study translation by Katherine Firth and a foreword by New Testament Wright 
T2  - Studies in the history of Christian traditions
SN  - 9789004272361
AV  - ML410.B13 L64 2014
U1  - 782.23 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Bach, Johann Sebastian,
KW  - Church music
KW  - Lutheran Church
KW  - 18th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter --; Introduction --; Learning the Craft of a Church Musician --; ‘It Pleased God That I Should be Called’—Bach’s Office and Craft --; Proclaiming Scripture through Music—The Development of Bach’s Cantatas --; Bach’s St John Passion --; Introduction to the Commentary --; Study Translation; Katherine Firth --; Commentaries and Sermon Collections Consulted in Preparation --; Commentary --; Bibliography --; Indexes; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - This Theological Commentary is the first full-length work in English to consider Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion in its entirety, both the words and the music. Bach’s oratorio is a globally popular musical work, and a significant expression of Lutheran theology. The commentary explains the Biblical and poetic text, and its musical setting, line by line. Bach’s Passion is shown to be the work of a master craftsman and trained theologian, in the collaborative and cultural milieu of eighteenth-century, Lutheran Leipzig. For the first time, this work makes much German scholarship available in English, including archival sources, and includes a new scholarly translation of the libretto. The musical and theological terms are explained, to enable an interdisciplinary understanding of the Passion’s meaning and continued significance
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004272361
ER  -