Bach in Berlin : : Nation and Culture in Mendelssohn's Revival of the "St. Matthew Passion" / / Celia Applegate.
Bach's St. Matthew Passion is universally acknowledged to be one of the world's supreme musical masterpieces, yet in the years after Bach's death it was forgotten by all but a small number of his pupils and admirers. The public rediscovered it in 1829, when Felix Mendelssohn conducted...
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| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Great Expectations: Mendelssohn and the St. Matthew Passion
- Chapter Two: Toward a Music Aesthetics of the Nation
- Chapter Three: Music Journalism and the Formation of Judgment
- Chapter Four: Musical Amateurism and the Exercise of Taste
- Chapter Five: The St. Matthew Passion in Concert: Protestantism, Historicism, and Sacred Music
- Chapter Six: Beyond 1829: Musical Culture, National Culture
- Bibliography
- Index