- Title Pages
- The Master Musicians
- Dedication
- Preface
- Illustrations
- Bibliographical References
- Illustration
- The Master Musicians: Bach
- Chapter 1 Background and Early Years (1685–1703)
- Chapter 2 Arnstadt, Mühlhausen (1703–8)
- Chapter 3 Weimar [1708–17]
- Chapter 4 Organ Music
- Chapter 5 Cöthen (1717–23)
- Chapter 6 Orchestral, Instrumental, and Keyboard Music
- Chapter 7 Leipzig (1723–30)
- Chapter 8 Music for the Leipzig Liturgy
- Chapter 9 Leipzig (1730–41)
- Chapter 10 Parodies and Publications
- Chapter 11 Leipzig (1742–50)
- Chapter 12 Canons and Counterpoints
- Chapter 13 The Bach Heritage
- Appendix A: Calendar
- Appendix B: List of Works
- Appendix C: Personalia
- Appendix D: Select Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Bach’s Works
Parodies and Publications
Parodies and Publications
- Chapter:
- (p.176) Chapter 10 Parodies and Publications
- Source:
- Bach
- Author(s):
Malcolm Boyd
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines decline in the compositional productivity of Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig after 1729 and his decision to engage in musical parodies. After 1729, only one of Bach's extant cantatas can be considered wholly original. These are a lot of speculations about why Bach stopped writing cantatas and Passions for Leipzig. This chapter suggests that it may be because of Bach's completion of his five-year plan for well-regulated church music or his interest in bringing his music to some kind of final form.
Keywords: Johann Sebastian Bach, musical composition, musical parodies, cantatas, Passions, church music
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- Title Pages
- The Master Musicians
- Dedication
- Preface
- Illustrations
- Bibliographical References
- Illustration
- The Master Musicians: Bach
- Chapter 1 Background and Early Years (1685–1703)
- Chapter 2 Arnstadt, Mühlhausen (1703–8)
- Chapter 3 Weimar [1708–17]
- Chapter 4 Organ Music
- Chapter 5 Cöthen (1717–23)
- Chapter 6 Orchestral, Instrumental, and Keyboard Music
- Chapter 7 Leipzig (1723–30)
- Chapter 8 Music for the Leipzig Liturgy
- Chapter 9 Leipzig (1730–41)
- Chapter 10 Parodies and Publications
- Chapter 11 Leipzig (1742–50)
- Chapter 12 Canons and Counterpoints
- Chapter 13 The Bach Heritage
- Appendix A: Calendar
- Appendix B: List of Works
- Appendix C: Personalia
- Appendix D: Select Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Bach’s Works