Bach interpretation articulation marks in primary sources of J.S. Bach /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Butt, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Series:Cambridge musical texts and monographs.
Physical Description:
xiii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 18th century.
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • I. Background to articulation in the performance practice of Bach's era
  • The primacy of singing
  • Articulation marks in string playing
  • Articulation marks in wind playing
  • Articulation marks in keyboard playing
  • Articulation marks and rhythmic inequality
  • II. The principles of Bach's notated articulation: a study of the scores and parts of the concerted vocal works
  • Articulation marks within the compositional and notational procedure
  • Principal articulation patterns in the instrumental parts of vocal works
  • Fundamentals of Bach's notated articulation
  • III. Bach's refined articulation- the instrumental works
  • Bach's role in the preparation of printed sources
  • Articulation marks in fair copies of works for instrumental ensemble
  • Bach's keyboard articulation and the development of the keyboard idiom
  • Bach and 'modern' articulation: slurs as 'phrase marks'
  • Articulation marks in analysis and interpretation
  • Conclusion.

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