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Rhetorical Perspectives on the Large Settings of Catechism Chorales in J. S. Bach's Clavierübung III

SO, JEONG-HWA
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1216409097

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2008, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Organ.
To understand Bach's chorale preludes, one must engage in several preceding investigations, including Lutheran doctrine and rhetorical modes of musical expression. Bach was raised in the Lutheran religion, and its main philosophical foundation for music was rhetoric, especially musica poetica, which Luther influenced greatly. Understanding the rhetorical underpinnings of Bach's chorale music will help us achieve a more extensive and deeper understanding of the music. This study deals with these various contexts and perspectives, in the course of analyzing the large settings of Catechism Chorales in his Clavierübung III. Part I covers the background of the Catechism Chorales. In it I provide, in three separate chapters: a discussion of the general musical context and religious background of the collection; an interpretation of the text and its contexts; and a consideration of the music's rhetorical background and the traditions of musica poetica. Part II consists of two chapters of analysis. The first concerns elocutio and demonstrates interpretations at the micro level of musical-rhetorical figures. The second concerns dispositio and the study of formal analysis at the macro level.
David Carson Berry (Committee Chair)
Roberta Gary (Committee Member)
Bryan Mock (Committee Member)
89 p.
Music
Clavier&252; bung III; Catechism Chorales; J. S. Bach; Lutheran philosophy on Music; Musica poetica

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  • SO, J.-H. (2008). Rhetorical Perspectives on the Large Settings of Catechism Chorales in J. S. Bach's Clavierübung III [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1216409097

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • SO, JEONG-HWA. Rhetorical Perspectives on the Large Settings of Catechism Chorales in J. S. Bach's Clavierübung III. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1216409097.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • SO, JEONG-HWA. "Rhetorical Perspectives on the Large Settings of Catechism Chorales in J. S. Bach's Clavierübung III." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1216409097

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