Music and Theology (eBook)

Essays in Honor of Robin A. Leaver

Daniel Zager (Herausgeber)

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2006
296 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-1-4617-0151-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Music and Theology is a Festschrift honoring Dr. Robin A. Leaver, reflecting his interests in the history of sacred music with particular emphasis on studies related to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

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The scholar Robin A. Leaver holds a unique place in sacred music scholarship because of his training in both music and theology. He has written widely, bringing acute insights on a variety of musical repertories and topics related to Martin Luther, sixteenth-century psalmody, hymnody, and the sacred music of Johann Sebastian Bach. In Music and Theology, twelve scholars influenced by Leaver's work contribute essays in diverse areas of sacred music history and philosophy, focusing on the intersection of music and theology. Ranging chronologically from the twelfth-century writer and composer Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) to present-day considerations of American church music and worship, the volume provides thought-provoking new work for all who study church music. Reflecting the prominent emphasis in Leaver's own scholarship, eight chapters deal with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, including his organ music, sacred cantatas, and passion settings. A final chapter provides a chronological listing of Leaver's own voluminous writings on music and theology.

Autor

Daniel Zager is head of the Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music and also serves as associate professor in musicology and sacred music.

Inhalt

Part 1 PrefacePart 2 1 "The Soul Is Symphonic": Meditation on Luke 15:25 and Hildegard of Bingen's Letter 23Part 3 2 Early Lutheran Hymnals and Other Musical Sources in the Kessler Reformation Collection at Emory UniversityPart 4 3 Tradition with Variations: Chorale Settings per omnes versus by Buxtehude and BachPart 5 4 Bach's Preluding for a Leipzig Academic CeremonyPart 6 5 Bach's Setting of the Hymn Tune "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" in His Cantatas and Organ WorksPart 7 6 Historically Informed Rendering of the Librettos from Bach's Church CantatasPart 8 7 The Role of the "Actus Structure" in the Libretto of J. S. Bach's Matthew PassionPart 9 8 Two Unusual Cues in J. S. Bach's Performing PartsPart 10 9 Johann Sebastian Bach and the Praise of God: Some Thoughts on the Canon Triplex (BWV 1076)Part 11 10 Bach and Dresden: A New Hypothesis on the Origin of the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)Part 12 11 A Is for Apple: The Search for an American Church Music; or the ABCs of American Church Music: A Is for Apple, B Is for Billings, and C Is for ChapmanPart 13 12 Beauty and Terror: What Have We to Sing; What Has Worship to Pray?Part 14 13 Robin A. Leaver: A Bibliography of His WritingsPart 15 IndexPart 16 About the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.12.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4617-0151-1 / 1461701511
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4617-0151-4 / 9781461701514