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Contextual Bach Studies

A series of monographs exploring the contexts

of Johann Sebastian Bach’s life and music,

with a particular emphasis on theology and liturgy.

Series Editor: Robin A. Leaver

Music has its own distinctive characteristics—melody, harmony, rhythm,

form, etc.—that have to be fully appreciated if it is to be effectively under-

stood. But a detailed comprehension of all these musical elements cannot

reveal the significance of all the compositional choices made by a composer.

“What?” and “how?” questions need to be supplemented by appropriate

“why?” and “when?” questions. Study of the original score and parts, as well

as the different manifestations of a particular work, have to be undertaken.

But if such study is regarded as an end rather than a beginning, then the music

itself will not necessarily be fully understood. One must go further. There are

various contexts that impinge upon a composer’s choices. Music is condi-

tioned by time, place, and culture and therefore is influenced by particular

historical, geographical, and social contexts; music written in fulfillment of a

contractual agreement has an economic context; and so forth.

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been the object of intensive study

and analysis, but in the past many of these studies have been somewhat nar-

row in focus. For example, the received view of Bach’s music was to some

degree incomplete because it was largely discussed on its own terms without

being fully set within the contextual perspective of the musician’s predeces-

sors, contemporaries, and successors. It is only in fairly recent times that

the music of these other composers has become accessible, allowing us to

appreciate the nature and stature of their accomplishments, and at the same

time giving us new perspectives from which to view a more rounded picture

of Bach’s genius.

The monographs in this series explore such contextual areas. Since much

of Bach’s music was composed for Lutheran worship, a primary concern of

these monographs is the liturgical and theological contexts of the music. But

Bach’s music was not exclusively confined to these specific religious con-

cerns. German culture of the time had more general religious dimensions that

permeated “secular” society. Therefore, in addition to specific studies of the

liturgical and theological contexts of Bach’s music, this series also includes

explorations of social, political, and cultural religious contexts in which his

music was composed and first heard.

1. Cameron, Jasmin Melissa. The Crucifixion in Music: An Analytical Survey of

Settings of the Crucifixus between 1680 and 1800 , 2006.

2. van Elferen, Isabella. Mystical Love in the German Baroque: Theology, Poetry,

Music , 2009.

Mystical Love

in the German Baroque

Theology, Poetry, Music

Contextual Bach Studies, No. 2

Isabella van Elferen

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Elferen, Isabella van.

Mystical love in the German Baroque : theology, poetry, music / Isabella van Elferen.

p. cm. — (Contextual Bach studies ; no. 2)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-6136-7 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-8108-6136-4 (cloth : alk. paper)

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ISBN-10: 0-8108-6220-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)

[etc.]

1. Music and literature—History—17th century. 2. Music and literature—History—

18th century. 3. Petrarca, Francesco, 1304–1374—Influence. 4. Music—Religious

aspects. 5. Songs, German—History and criticism. 6. Cantatas—Germany—17th

century—History and criticism. 7. Cantatas—Germany—18th century—History and

criticism. I. Title. ML3849.E54 2009

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