Andrew Parrott Boeken

What type of choir did Bach have in mind as he created his cantatas, Passions and Masses? How many singers were at his disposal in Leipzig, and in what ways did he deploy them in his own music? Seeking to understand the very medium of Bach's incomparable choral output, Andrew Parrott investigates a wide range of sources: Bach's own writings, and the scores and parts he used in performance, but also a variety of theoretical, pictorial and archival documents, together with the musical testimony of the composer's forerunners and contemporaries

Essays on musical performance practice by an acknowledged expert in the field.

The Pursuit of Musick is an encyclopedic and generously illustrated anthology of original written sources, exploring some 600 years of musical activity in Europe, from the first troubadours to the emergence of the pianoforte. Through this book Andrew Parrott presents an extraordinary treasure trove of material documenting myriad ways in which our recent ancestors engaged with music. And, exceptionally, it is almost entirely through their words – their images, too – that such experiences are here vividly evoked. The resultant book aims to lend itself equally to leisurely browsing, quick reference and close study, and to be simultaneously authoritative and approachable, allowing general readers and specialists alike to tap into invaluable seams of original source material. Arranged in three main parts (Society, Ideas, Performance), its principal chapters are supplemented by shorter ones exploring related and intriguing byways. Occasional thematic introductions (by Hugh Griffith) and four distinctive appendices contribute further to the book’s unique and characterful nature.

Die Untersuchung von Andrew Parrott beleuchtet die kontroversen Debatten zur Besetzung des Chores in Bachs Vokalwerken und bietet umfassende Einblicke in die Aufführungspraxis. Als fundierte Streitschrift richtet sie sich an alle, die sich intensiv mit der Interpretation und Aufführung von Bachs Musik auseinandersetzen. Parrotts Argumente und Analysen sind unverzichtbar für ein tieferes Verständnis der historischen und musikalischen Kontexte.

Dielo ťažiskovej osobnosti hnutia pre historickú interpretáciu starej hudby, venované interpretácii diel kľúčových osobností hudobnej minulosti. Cieľom tejto zbierky statí je sprítomniť aktuálne interpretačné pohľady na diela ťažiskových osobností európskej hudobnej minulosti, a teda demonštrovať autorov prístup k historizujúcej interpretácii, ktorý je založený tak na umeleckej intuícii, ako na suverénnom poznaní faktografie európskej hudobnej minulosti.