Heartfelt Musicking: The Physiology of a Bach Cantata

Heartfelt Musicking: The Physiology of a Bach Cantata

This essay proposes a somatic archaeology of German Lutheran music making around 1700. Focusing on a single cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, it sets out to reconstruct the capacities of early modern body-souls for musical reverberation, affective contagion, and spiritual transformation.

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Veröffentlicht in:Representations (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2018-07, Vol.143 (1), p.36-62
1. Verfasser: VARWIG, BETTINA
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
18th century
Archaeology
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Cantatas
Early modern period
Emotions
German culture
Human body
Lutheran churches
Music
Physiology
Religious music
Reverberation
Soul
Spirituality
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Zusammenfassung:This essay proposes a somatic archaeology of German Lutheran music making around 1700. Focusing on a single cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, it sets out to reconstruct the capacities of early modern body-souls for musical reverberation, affective contagion, and spiritual transformation.
ISSN:0734-6018
1533-855X
DOI:10.1525/rep.2018.143.1.36