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This book provides extensive commentary and an English translation of 17th-century German music theorist Andreas Werckmeisters final treatise, the Musicalische Paradoxal-Discourse. Topics discussed include theological reflections on music, numerology in musical intervals, music notation and solmization, and tunings.

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Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach collects seventeen essays by leading Bach scholars. The essays explore Bachs sacred vocal music from the perspectives of historical theology, music analysis, the study of parody procedures, and reception history.

(Hardback)

Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach collects seventeen essays by leading Bach scholars. The essays explore Bachs sacred vocal music from the perspectives of historical theology, music analysis, the study of parody procedures, and reception history.

(Hardback)

Now translated into English, Szymon Paczkowski's study presents the first true analysis of Polish influences on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach to shed new light on Bach's magnificent oeuvre.