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Tears into Wine : J. S. Bach's Cantata 21 in its musical & theological contexts
Outline: In this book, renowned Bach scholar Eric Chafe challenges the scholarly consensus, arguing that Cantata 21 is a carefully designed work, and that it displays a convergence of musical structure and theological purpose that is paradigmatic of Bach's sacred work as a whole. Drawing on a wide range of Lutheran theological writing, the author shows that Cantata 21 reaches beyond the scope of the individual liturgical occasion to voice a breadth meaning that encompasses much of the core of Lutheran thought. The author artfully demonstrates that instead of simply presenting a musical depiction of the soul's journey from sorrow to bliss, Cantata 21 expresses tha various stages of God's revelation and their impact on the believing soul. As a result, the author reveals that Cantata 21 has a formal design that mirrors Lutheran belief in unfolding revelation, with the final movement representing the work's crown' - the goal toward which all of the earlier movements are directed.
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