Bach Perspectives

J. S. Bach and His Sons

Mary Oleskiewicz

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780252050084
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

Among his numerous children, Johann Sebastian Bach sired five musically gifted sons. The eleventh volume of Bach Perspectives presents essays that explore these men's lives and careers via distinctive and, in several cases, alternative and interdisciplinary methodologies.

Robert L. Marshall traces how each of the sons grappled with—and at times suffocated beneath—their illustrious father's legacy. Mary Oleskiewicz's essay investigates the Bach family's connections to historical keyboard instruments and musical venues at the Prussian court, while David Schulenberg looks at Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's diverse and innovative keyboard works. Evan Cortens digs into everything from performance materials to pay stubs to offer a detailed view of the business of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's liturgical music. Finally, Christine Blanken discusses how the rediscovery of Bach family musical manuscripts in the Breitkopf archive opens up new perspectives on familiar topics.

A supplemental companion website is now available for Bach Perspectives 11. This resource features additional images, captions, and short descriptions to provide an essential supplement to the printed text.

GENERAL INDEX

A page numbers in italics refers to an illustration, a page number in bold refers to a musical example, and a page number followed by a t refers to a table.

Adlung, Jakob, 73, 74n170

affetti amorosi, 17

Agricola, Johann Friedrich, 68, 149

Allgemeine Augsburger Zeitung, 54, 64

Altnickol, Johann Christoph, 159, 167n85

Amalia organs. See under Marx, Ernst

Amalienbibliothek collection, 52, 134

Anna Amalia, Princess: fortepianos of, 52, 52n90; harpsichords of, 36, 36n40, 49, 51–52, 57, 60, 64–65, 77t; and Hofkonzerte, 27, 49, 61; keyboard training of, 26n3, 36–37, 51; living quarters and music rooms of, 36, 36n39, 43, 49–52, 57, 60–62, 75t; music soirées of, 49, 51; Nachlassverzeichnis of, 52, 52n90; organs of (see under Marx, Ernst); organ works for, 24, 49, 51, 75; as patron of C. P. E. Bach, 12, 49, 51, 57; as patron and admirer of Friedemann Bach, 25, 49, 49n81, 52, 57, 61n125, 64; as patron of Kirnberger, 7, 37, 49n80; as Zeremonienmeisterin, 60–61. See also Amalienbibliothek collection

Ariosti, Attilio, 35, 35n36

August William, Prince of Prussia, 27n6

Bach, Anna Carolina, 116, 116n14

Bach, Anna Magdalena (née Wilcke), 8, 13, 13n35, 167

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 49, 113; attributions to, in Breitkopf catalogs, 149–57; Bogenflügel and, 24, 47–48, 63, 88, 88n14; career and reputation of, 9–14; character pieces of, 95, 95n31, 104, 105; clavichord as favorite instrument of, 83; clavichord’s suitability for works by, 75n173, 83–112 passim; Collegium Musicum, 149, 149n39; comic style and, 20, 90, 108–10; comparison of Bach and Handel by, 10; concertos of, 47, 87; as court accompanist, 18, 20, 26, 29–32, 34, 34n29, 41, 48, 56; on drum basses, 102, 104; and dynamics in keyboard works, 56, 75n173, 84–85, 86, 89, 89n17, 92–100, 103–110; Empfindung and, 11, 110–11; fantasias of, 11, 109, 112; and fantasia style, 90, 92, 95, 96, 99, 101–12 passim, 105; fortepiano in works of, 75n173, 83–84, 86–87, 87n8, 92, 100–105, 108–12; and Hamburg vocal ensemble, 113ff; installation cantatas by, 114–16t, 119n18, 123, 125; instrumental recitative by, 90–93, 99; instruments preferred by, ...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Father and Sons: Confronting a Uniquely Daunting Paternal Legacy
• Keyboards, Music Rooms, and the Bach Family at the Court of Frederick the Great
• C. P. E. Bach's Keyboard Music and the Question of Idiom
• Voices and Invoices: The Hamburg Vocal Ensemble of C. P. E. Bach
• Recently Rediscovered Sources of Music of the Bach Family in the Breitkopf Archive
• Contributors
• General Index
• Index of Works