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- catalog abstract ""What type of choir did Bach have in mind as he created his cantatas, Passions and masses? How many singers were at his disposal in Leipzig, and in what ways did he deploy them in his own music?" "Seeking to understand the very medium of Bach's incomparable choral output, Andrew Parrott investigates a wide range of sources: Bach's own writings, and the scores and parts he used in performance, but also a variety of theoretical, pictorial and archival documents, together with the musical testimony of the composer's forerunners and contemporaries." "Many of the findings shed a surprising, even disturbing light on conventions we have long taken for granted. A whole world away from, say, the typical oratorio choir of Handel's London with which we are reasonably familiar, the essential Bach choir was in fact an expert vocal quartet (or quintet) whose members were also responsible for all solos and duets." "As one of several valuable appendices, this book includes the text of Joshua Rifkin's explosive 1981 lecture, never before published, which first set out this line of thinking and launched a controversy that is long overdue for resolution."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11991989.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Many of the findings shed a surprising, even disturbing light on conventions we have long taken for granted. A whole world away from, say, the typical oratorio choir of Handel's London with which we are reasonably familiar, the essential Bach choir was in fact an expert vocal quartet (or quintet) whose members were also responsible for all solos and duets." "As one of several valuable appendices, this book includes the text of Joshua Rifkin's explosive 1981 lecture, never before published, which first set out this line of thinking and launched a controversy that is long overdue for resolution."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""What type of choir did Bach have in mind as he created his cantatas, Passions and masses? How many singers were at his disposal in Leipzig, and in what ways did he deploy them in his own music?" "Seeking to understand the very medium of Bach's incomparable choral output, Andrew Parrott investigates a wide range of sources: Bach's own writings, and the scores and parts he used in performance, but also a variety of theoretical, pictorial and archival documents, together with the musical testimony of the composer's forerunners and contemporaries."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-219) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Bach as cantor and director musices in Leipzig -- Repertoires -- Concertists and ripienists -- Copies and copy-sharing -- Bach's use of ripienists -- The Entwurff -- Additional resources -- Instrument/singer ratios -- Balance -- Conclusions.".
- catalog extent "xi, 223 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0851157866 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press,".
- catalog subject "782.2/4/092 21".
- catalog subject "Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Choral music.".
- catalog subject "ML410.B13 P29 2000".
- catalog subject "Performance practice (Music) History 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Bach as cantor and director musices in Leipzig -- Repertoires -- Concertists and ripienists -- Copies and copy-sharing -- Bach's use of ripienists -- The Entwurff -- Additional resources -- Instrument/singer ratios -- Balance -- Conclusions.".
- catalog title "The essential Bach choir / Andrew Parrott.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".