=== === ============= ==== === === == == == == == ==== == == = == ==== === == == == == == == == = == == == == == == == == == ==== M U S I C T H E O R Y O N L I N E A Publication of the Society for Music Theory Copyright (c) 1999 Society for Music Theory +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Volume 5, Number 4 SEPTEMBER, 1999 ISSN: 1067-3040 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ All queries to: mto-editor@smt.ucsb.edu or to mto-manager@smt.ucsb.edu +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ File: mto.99.5.4.bks Princeton University Press Michael Marissen, _The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos_ (new paperback) =============== Princeton University Press New Paperback The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Michael Marissen This new investigation of the Brandenburg Concertos explores musical, social, and religious implications of Bach's treatment of eighteenth-century musical hierarchies. By reference to contemporary music theory, to alternate notions of the meaning of "concerto," and to various eighteenth-century conventions of form and instrumentation, the book argues that the Brandenburg Concertos are better understood not as an arbitrary collection of unrelated examples of "pure" instrumental music, but rather as a carefully compiled and meaningfully organized set. It shows how Bach's concertos challenge (as opposed to reflect) existing musical and social hierarchies. "This book is full of significant insights into the nature of the [Brandenburg Concertos]. . . . [It] offers a fascinatingly fresh approach to these masterworks." --F. Ellsworth Peterson, _Notes_ "For anyone who is interested in exploring the remarkably rewarding challenge Bach lays down for the human family, this is a careful, helpful, plausible, and perceptive analysis." --Paul Westermeyer, _Church History_ "Full of important and closely argued discussions of individual aspects of chronology, source criticism, musical structure, and [Bach's] biographical background. . . . [Marissen] is very informative on analytical and historical points, effectively demolishing many received beliefs, especially regarding chronology and source filiation." --Michael Talbot, _Music and Letters_ Michael Marissen is Associate Professor of Music at Swarthmore College. His most recent book is _Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism, and Bach's "St. John Passion."_ 0-691-00686-5 Paper $14.95 US and L9.50 UK and Europe 168 pages, 6 x 9, 5 music examples. If you wish to place an order, we encourage you to do so through your local bookseller. If that is not possible, you can order through our Web site: +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Copyright Statement [1] *Music Theory Online* (*MTO*) as a whole is Copyright (c) 1999, all rights reserved, by the Society for Music Theory, which is the owner of the journal. Copyrights for individual items published in (*MTO*) are held by their authors. Items appearing in *MTO* may be saved and stored in electronic or paper form, and may be shared among individuals for purposes of scholarly research or discussion, but may *not* be republished in any form, electronic or print, without prior, written permission from the author(s), and advance notification of the editors of *MTO*. [2] Any redistributed form of items published in *MTO* must include the following information in a form appropriate to the medium in which the items are to appear: This item appeared in *Music Theory Online* in [VOLUME #, ISSUE #] on [DAY/MONTH/YEAR]. It was authored by [FULL NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS], with whose written permission it is reprinted here. [3] Libraries may archive issues of *MTO* in electronic or paper form for public access so long as each issue is stored in its entirety, and no access fee is charged. Exceptions to these requirements must be approved in writing by the editors of *MTO*, who will act in accordance with the decisions of the Society for Music Theory. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ END OF *MTO* ITEM