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135(2010), 2, S. 315-356. Death and life in J. S. Bach's cantata "Ich habe genug" (BWV 82)

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Field name	Details
Bandangaben	135(2010), 2, S. 315-356
Verfasser	Varwig, Bettina ¬[VerfasserIn]¬
T I T E L	Death and life in J. S. Bach's cantata "Ich habe genug" (BWV 82)
Verfasserangabe	Bettina Varwig
Signatur	In: Z J86 R8
Quelle	In: Royal Musical Association: Journal of the Royal Musical Association
	2010
	135(2010), 2, S. 315-356
Kurzbeschreibung	Using the famous death-themed cantata 82 as a case study, this article offers a model for situating J. S. Bach's cantata output in the wider cultural sphere of early eighteenth-century Leipzig life. Looking beyond the immediate and well-studied liturgical and theological contexts, the article reconstructs a broader range of associations that Bach's music may have evoked for his contemporary listeners, drawing out allusions to operatic topics, popular fears of deadly diseases, fictions of heavenly music and macabre dances of death. By locating the question of musical meaning in the interpretative space between the piece and its historical listeners, the article offers an alternative to conventional hermeneutic approaches that view Bach's cantatas as conveying a singular and clearly audible message of Lutheran doctrine. (aus BMS-Online)