Hearing Bach's Passions - Paperback

by Daniel R. Melamed (Author)

Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions--St. John and St. Matthew--are an essential part of the modern repertory, performed regularly both by professional ensembles and amateur groups. These large, complex pieces are well loved, but due to our distance from the original context in which they were performed, questions and problems emerge. Bach scholar Daniel Melamed examines the issues we encounter when we hear the passions performed today, and offers unique insight into Bach's passion settings.

Author Biography

Daniel R. Melamed is Professor of Music at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. He is the author of J. S. Bach and the German Motet, co-author of An Introduction to Bach Studies, and editor of Bach Studies 2 and J. S. Bach and the Oratorio Tradition.