Parrott, Andrew
The Essential Bach Choir
- ISBN 13:
- 9780851157863
- author:
- Parrott, Andrew
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Boydell Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 177mm X 249mm
- Genre:
- Music
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Essential Bach Choir by Andrew Parrott explores the performance conventions of Bach's sacred works. To understand the medium of his incomparable choral output, Parrott investigates various sources, including Bach's own writings and archival documents. Bach's cantatas, Passions, and Masses were performed with a different type of choir than we are familiar with today. In fact, an expert vocal quartet or quintet was used, with its members also responsible for all solos and duets. This approach was mainstream practice in Lutheran Germany at the time. A valuable appendix to this book includes the text of Joshua Rifkin's 1981 lecture on the subject, which has sparked controversy and is now overdue for resolution.
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