The World of the Bach Cantatas: Johann Sebastian Bach's Early Sacred Cantatas

By: Johann Sebastian Bach

Book Overview

The cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach are among the best known and most frequently performed musical works of the Baroque period. In an illuminating discussion of the musical, literary, aesthetic, and theological aspects of the composers early cantatas, leading Bach scholars place the works in their historical and biographical context. 85 photos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393041069
• ISBN13: 9780393041064
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.8"