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A Conductor’s Guide to J. S. Bach’s Quinquagesima Cantatas

Baek, Jung Jin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337101464

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2012, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Conducting, Choral Emphasis.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas occupy a significant portion of his output. This document focuses on his four cantatas written for the Quinquagesima Sunday in Leipzig. The first two cantatas (BWV 22 and BWV 23), which were audition pieces for the cantor position in Leipzig (1723), were performed again in the following year as part of his first cantata cycle. The other two surviving cantatas for this Sunday (BWV 127 and BWV 159) are found in his second (1724–25) and fourth (1728–29) cantata cycles. Not only for his audition, but also for the special context of the Quinquagesima Sunday, (the last major religious musical event in Leipzig before the Passion at the Good Friday Vespers), Bach carefully constructed these cantatas to display his considerable musical ability, his attention to text expression, and his knowledge of liturgical and theological issues for the preparation of the Lenten season. This document will provide a conductor’s guide to preparing and conducting these cantatas and examine how Bach achieves his goals of musical and liturgical function within the Lutheran tradition.
Earl Rivers, DMA (Committee Chair)
Matthew Peattie, PhD (Committee Member)
L. Scott, DMA (Committee Member)
92 p.
Music
Bach; Church Cantata; Quinquagesima; Audition; Leipzig; Lutheran Liturgy;

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  • Baek, J. J. (2012). A Conductor’s Guide to J. S. Bach’s Quinquagesima Cantatas [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337101464

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Baek, Jung Jin. A Conductor’s Guide to J. S. Bach’s Quinquagesima Cantatas. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337101464.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Baek, Jung Jin. "A Conductor’s Guide to J. S. Bach’s Quinquagesima Cantatas." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337101464

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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