Bach and the Idea of Sacred Music: Opening up to Freedom
ABSTRACT
This conference examined the role of music in the Lutheran Reformation and Bach's role in developing Lutheran musical expression to its highest level. In addition to conference readings, conferees attended a performance of Bach choral music at Thomaskirche, where Bach served as Cantor and Music Director for many years.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
David, Hans T., Arthur Mendel, and Christoph Wolff, eds. The New Bach Reader. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998.
Breig, Werner, “Composition as arrangement and adaptation” In Cambridge Companion to Bach, edited by Butt, John, 154-170. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Daw, Stephen, “Bach as teacher and model” In Cambridge Companion to Bach, edited by John Butt, 193-202. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Dreyfus, Lawrence, “Bachian Invention and its mechanisms” In Cambridge Companion to Bach, edited by John Butt, 171-192. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Jones, Richard D. P., “The keyboard works: Bach as teacher and virtuoso” In Cambridge Companion to Bach, edited by John Butt, 136-153. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Leaver, Robin A. Luther's Liturgical Music: Principles and Implications. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007.
Leaver, Robin A., "Music and Lutheranism." in Cambridge Companion to Bach, Edited by John Butt, 35-45. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. Bach Among the Theologians. Eugene: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2003.
Wolff, Christoph. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.