Bach: Mass in B Minor by John Butt
The Mass in B Minor is arguably Bach's greatest single work. In this short guide John Butt considers the work from many angles offering the reader basic information in a concise and accessible form. The Mass in B Minor is fraught with difficulties regarding its origin, and ambiguities concerning its function. John Butt looks again at the historical sources and provides an up-to-date summary of existing research and opinions together with new insights of his own. He gives a vivid account of the work's genesis, its historical context, and its reception by later generations. One chapter considers the work movement by movement providing the text in both Latin and English. The final group of chapters on the music itself suggests some new approaches to the work - its forms, style and overall structure - which are both critically and historically based. This is an informative and lucid guide, valuable for student and music lover alike.-
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Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
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Handel: Messiah
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Beethoven
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
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Elgar: Enigma Variations
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
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Beethoven: The Pastoral Symphony
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Berg: Violin Concerto
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Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Dowland: Lachrimae (1604)
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Holst: The Planets
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
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Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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Bach: The Goldberg Variations
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Ives: Concord Sonata
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Beethoven: The 'Moonlight' and other Sonatas, Op. 27 and Op. 31
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
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Britten: War Requiem
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
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Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
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Schubert: Die schone Mullerin
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Beethoven: Eroica Symphony
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Haydn: The Creation
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
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Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
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Debussy: La Mer
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Verdi: Requiem
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21
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Chopin: The Four Ballades
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
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Vivaldi
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
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Monteverdi: Vespers (1610)
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Haydn: The 'Paris' Symphonies
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Mendelssohn: The Hebrides and Other Overtures
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50
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Brahms: A German Requiem
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Handel: Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks
'… outstandingInto a mere 100 lucid pages, this most stimulating of our younger Bach scholar-performers has managed to pack accounts of the work's background, composition and reception history … this little book serves to illuminate not only the Mass itself, but the entire sweep of current thinking about Bach.' Bayan Northcott, BBC Music Magazine
' … this little book serves to illuminate not only the Mass itself, but the entire sweep of current thinking about Bach.' Bayan Northcott, BBC Music Magazine
'John Butt's handbook (116 pp inc. Index) on the Mass in B minor is an absolute MUST for anyone who wants to know about this remarkable piece in every particular.' London Bach Society
' … this little book serves to illuminate not only the Mass itself, but the entire sweep of current thinking about Bach.' Bayan Northcott, BBC Music Magazine
'John Butt's handbook (116 pp inc. Index) on the Mass in B minor is an absolute MUST for anyone who wants to know about this remarkable piece in every particular.' London Bach Society
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521387163 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521387167 |
| Title | Bach: Mass in B Minor |
| Author | John Butt |
| Series | Cambridge Music Handbooks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1991-06-24 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |