Discussing Bach 2 (July 2021)

Published on 7 July 2021

Bach and Jesus

Editors: Ruth Tatlow and Barbara M. Reul. Editorial assistant: Benton Froc

A live discussion, recorded on 11 June 2021, with Robin A. Leaver, Noelle M. Heber, and Michael Marissen, chaired by Ruth Tatlow

Editorial Introduction (full text)

Authorised Transcript with Illustrations (full text)

Video with optional subtitles (CCs)

Further reading and listening

Heber, Noelle M. J. S. Bach’s Material and Spiritual Treasures: A Theological Perspective (Boydell & Brewer, 2021).

Leaver, Robin A. Bach Studies: Liturgy, Hymnology, and Theology (Routledge, 2021)

For more about the Jesuit background of the heart emblems, see
Grześkowiak, Radosław and Hulsenboom, Paul. ‘Emblems from the Heart: The Reception of the Cor Iesu Amanti Sacrum Engravings Series in Polish and Netherlandish 17th-Century Manuscripts’, Journal of Low Countries and South African Studies 10/2 (2015): 131-154.

Marissen, Michael. Bach & God (Oxford University Press, 2016).

For more on conceptions of time and eternity in Bach’s milieu, see
Varwig, Bettina. ‘Metaphors of Time and Modernity in Bach’, Journal of Musicology 29 (2012), 154–190.

Performance of Cantata (BWV) 23: https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-23/
Performance of Cantata (BWV) 61: https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-61/

N.B. Updates on the topic in the form of new publications by the three contributors will be posted here.