J.S. Bach and the oratorio tradition - Melamed, Daniel R. (Urbana, [IL] : University of Illinois Press, 2011)
Under the spell of opera? : Bach's oratorio trilogy / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Sebastian Bach and Barthold Heinrich Brockes / Daniel R. Melamed -- Drama and discourse : the form and function of chorale tropes in Bach's oratorios / Markus Rathey -- Oratorio on five afternoons : from the Lübeck Abendmusiken to Bach's Christmas oratorio / Kerala J. Snyder -- The triumph of "instrumental melody" : aspects of musical poetics in Bach's St. John passion / Laurence Dreyfus -- Bach's Ascension oratorio : God's kingdoms and their representation / by Eric Chafe.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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