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Conversations with scholars on the life, times, music, and legacy of J.S. Bach, sponsored by Bach Society Houston.

Notes on Bach Carrie Allen Tipton

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Conversations with scholars on the life, times, music, and legacy of J.S. Bach, sponsored by Bach Society Houston.

    Translating Bach

    Translating Bach

    In the final episode of Season Six, we return to the subject of Bach translation in a conversation with scholars Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed about their free, open-access Bach cantata translation project, https://bachcantatatexts.org/. If you have questions, comments, or even cantata translations requests, you can reach them at the website, where you can also sign up for email announcements of new translations.

    • 59 min
    Hearing Baroque German Cities

    Hearing Baroque German Cities

    This month we hear from historian Dr. Tanya Kevorkian, Associate Professor of History at Millersville University, about her forthcoming book, Music and Urban Life in Baroque Germany, which documents and explores the rich variety of everyday sounds and music that characterized life in German Baroque cities. This episode is sponsored by the American Bach Society, which supports the study and performance of the music of J.S. Bach in the U.S. and Canada, with membership open to anyone interested.
     
     
     

    • 1 hr 7 min
    A New Translation of Bach's St. John Passion

    A New Translation of Bach's St. John Passion

    In April 2022, Bach Society Houston premiered a new American English translation of the St. John Passion. On today’s episode, we’ll hear from the collaborators who brought this innovative project to life over years of workshops and dialogue by phone, zoom, text and email: Madeleine Marshall, translator; Ryan Rogers, scribe; and Rick Erickson, Artistic Director of Bach Society Houston. The April 2022 premiere can be viewed here.  

    • 34 min
    Meaning in Bach's Vocal Music

    Meaning in Bach's Vocal Music

    This episode of "Notes on Bach" is sponsored by the American Bach Society.
    This month we hear from Dr. Mark Peters and Dr. Reginald Sanders about the complex subject of meaning in Bach’s vocal music, which can emerge from compositional choices, listener reception, and an intersection of these and other factors. Dr. Peters and Dr. Sanders edited an essay collection on this subject, Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J.S. Bach, published by Lexington Books.

    • 30 min
    Bach, Money, and Spiritual Treasure

    Bach, Money, and Spiritual Treasure

    In this episode of “Notes on Bach,” we hear from musicologist and violinist Dr. Noelle Heber about J.S. Bach’s attitudes towards, experiences with, and cantatas related to the ideas of spiritual and material wealth. Dr. Heber's book, J.S. Bach's Material and Spiritual Treasures, can be ordered here. For more about her book, check out Dr. Heber's blog post.
    Resources Mentioned in the Show
    For recent research about Anna Magdalena Bach, visit Eberhard Spree's English-language blog and check out our earlier Notes on Bach episode with Dr. Andrew Talle.
    To hear about how scholars have used Bach's Calov Bible in their research, check out our Notes on Bach episode with Dr. Robin Leaver. To learn more about the Calov Bible and see facsimile pages, visit here.
     

    • 26 min
    Bach in England

    Bach in England

    To kick off Season 6 of “Notes on Bach,” we hear from musicologist and BBC radio host Dr. Hannah French about how conductor Sir Henry Wood, long associated with the BBC Proms, shaped Bach reception in twentieth-century England. Her book, Sir Henry Wood, Champion of J.S. Bach, was recently published by Boydell and Brewer. For more, check out “Henry and Seb,” Dr. French’s podcast miniseries on the book. 

    Image above: Wood’s final conducting score of J.S. Bach, Organ Toccata and Fugue in D minor: For Orchestra, orch. Henry J. Wood [Klenovsky] (London: Oxford University Press, 1934), p. 39. Property of Dr. Hannah French.   
     
     

    • 44 min

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"Problematic" podcast

Was pretty disappointed in the "Hearing Bach in the 21st Century" episode. The conversation seemed to be mostly intent on criticizing an unknown straw man who evidently sometimes reads spiritual meanings in Bach's music that aren't there. The horror! When they finally got around to analyzing the Mass, the guest just said that some movements are in an older style, and some are in a newer style. No examples, no musical excerpts, he didn't even say which movement was which. Would prefer a podcast more intent on building up than on deconstructing.

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