A Woman's Voice in Baroque Music: Mariane von Ziegler and J.S. Bach

by Mark A. Peters

Book Overview

At the end of his second year in Leipzig, J.S. Bach composed nine sacred cantatas to texts by Leipzig poet Mariane von Ziegler (1695-1760). Despite the fact that these cantatas are Bach's only compositions to texts by a female poet, the works have been largely ignored in the Bach literature. Ziegler was Germany's first female poet laureate, and the book highlights her significance in early eighteenth-century Germany and her commitment to advancing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138254061
• ISBN13: 9781138254060
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"