The aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach
By: André Pirro ; translated by Joe Armstrong
Contributors: Armstrong, Joe, 1944- translator
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lanham, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9781442232907; 9781442232914
Subjects: Music; Philosophy and aesthetics
Work titles: Esthéthique de Jean-Sébastien Bach
Description: "Pirro's work is based primarily on an examination of the close relationships between language and music in Bach's vocal works and provides us with an extensive and well-researched "lexicon" of the expressive resources of Bach and his contemporaries. Pirro's study thus serves as a still sound basis for understanding and interpreting Bach's instrumental works"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Translation of: Esthéthique de Jean-Sébastien Bach. Paris : Fischbacher, 1907.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Direction of motifs; title: Formation of motifs; title: Rhythmic formation of motifs; title: Simultaneous melodies; title: Commentary from the instrumental accompaniment; title: Orchestration; title: Interpretation of the text; title: The principal forms of composition in Bach's vocal music; title: Compositions joined, successively, to texts of different natures; title: Expression in Bach's instrumental music; title: Bach and early music ; Bach and foreign music; title: Johann Sebastian Bach, German cantor.