Every lover of music finds themselves, at privileged moments, in ecstasy – certain that what they are hearing has captured, somehow, an incontrovertible truth. Bach’s Architecture of Gratitude explores this profound aesthetic experience in a case study of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor and its capacity to inspire gratitude.
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 5
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- A Note From The Author On The Mass In B Minor: A Brief Primer And Some Suggestions For Listening 18
- Introduction 24
- Part One 38
- The Mass As Aesthetic Object 38
- 1 Liturgy 47
- 2 Parody 61
- 3 Measure 77
- 4 Counterpoint 92
- Part Two 110
- The Mass As Aesthetic Event 110
- 5 Reading 120
- 6 Dancing 136
- 7 Repeating 152
- 8 Thanking 167
- Appendix I: Suggestions For Musicological Reading 184
- Appendix II: Suggestions For Philosophical Reading 186
- Notes 190
- Bibliography 202
- Index 208
