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Bach-Kommentar: Theologisch-Musikwissenschaftliche Kommentierung der Geistlichen Vokalwerke Johann Sebastian Bachs. Band 1: Die Geistlichen Kantaten des 1. bis 27. Trinitatis-Sonntages. By Martin Petzoldt. Kassel: Barenreiter, 2004. (Schriftenreihe der Internationalen Bachakademie Stuttgart, Band 14.1.) [726 p. ISBN 3-7618-1741-X. [euro]49.00.] Index.
This is the first of a series of three volumes covering the church cantatas, oratorios, passions, motets and other sacred works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Volume 1 deals with the cantatas of the Trinity season, which is something of a surprise, since one would have expected the first volume to cover the Sundays of the first part of the church year, from Advent 1 to Trinity Sunday--the substance of the second volume, due for publication in 2005. The logic for beginning with the 1st Sunday after Trinity is that Bach began his tenure as Thomaskantor in Leipzig on this Sunday, 30 May 1723. The second volume will also include commentary on the oratorios and cantatas for festivals, and the third volume, to be published in 2006, will cover the passions, masses, Magnificat, and cantatas for other occasions.
The basic premise behind this project is that the religious/ecclesiastical worldview of the eighteenth century is far removed from our own. What was obvious...
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