Bach in Berlin
Subtitle: nation and culture in Mendelssohn's revival of the St. Matthew Passion
By: Celia Applegate.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801443893
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Appreciation; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847; Music -- Social aspects -- Germany; Music -- Germany -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Great expectations : Mendelssohn and the St. Matthew Passion; title: Toward a music aesthetics of the nation; title: Music journalism and the formation of judgment; title: Musical amateurism and the exercise of taste; title: The St. Matthew Passion in concert : Protestantism, historicism, and sacred music; title: Beyond 1829 : musical culture, national culture.