Notes on Bach
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Conversations with scholars on the life, times, music, and legacy of J.S. Bach, sponsored by Bach Society Houston.
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- http://bachsocietyhouston.org
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- Monthly conversations with scholars about the life, times, legacy, and music of J.S. Bach. Sponsored by Bach Society Houston.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-02-29 05:17
- last episode published
- 2022-11-07 15:12
- publication frequency
- 63.28 days
- Contributors
- Carrie Allen Tipton
- Author
- Bach Society Houston (Carrie Allen Tipton)
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- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 36
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2022-11-07 | 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 yo... | |
| 2022-08-01 | 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... | |
| 2022-05-24 | 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, z... | |
| 2022-05-03 | 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, listene... | |
| 2022-03-07 | 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 Mater... | |
| 2022-01-06 | 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 Wo... | |
| 2021-07-01 |
Musical Creativity, Originality, and Ownership in Early Modern Germany Bach Society Houston is grateful to the American Bach Society for sponsoring this episode. In our final episode of the season, we hear from Dr. Stephen Rose, Professor of Music at Royal Holloway University of London, about his recent book, Musical Aut... |
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| 2021-05-27 | On June 6, 2021, Bach Society Houston will present a concert called “Music in the Americas at the Time of Bach," which can be streamed online. The concert’s theme—“eighteenth-century music” outside the European geographical context and repertoire typi... | |
| 2021-05-03 | This episode is generously sponsored by the American Bach Society (ABS), which supports the study, performance, and appreciation of the music of J.S. Bach in the U.S. and Canada. The ABS produces publications and a video lecture-concert series, sponsor... | |
| 2021-03-25 |
Cantata BWV 131, Historical Listening Modes, and a New Essay Collection In this episode, Dr. Bettina Varwig of Cambridge University joins us to discuss a wide range of Bach-related topics, starting with Cantata BWV 131 (Aus der Tiefen rufe ich), which Bach Society Houston will present in a streamed Passiontide concert late... |