num_pages: 108
description: This new volume, inspired by Bach's masterpiece, offers 21 powerful verse meditations by award-winning poet and composer John Reeves. Meant to be heard as well as read, these verse texts, annotated and linked by short prose introductions, explore the tradition of liturgical responses to the Passion, reflect on the role of the Passion in the creative and spiritual life of Bach, and convey Reeves' own experiences of hearing Bach's music.
language: English
title: The St. Matthew Passion: A Text for Voices
titlecomplete: The St. Matthew Passion: A Text for Voices
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.