Bach Perspectives, Volume 13: Bach Reworked

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Scholars and performers have long noted J.S. Bach's abundant use of parody procedures: that is, the recycling and reworking of pre-existing material from his own compositions or from other sources. Laura Buch edits essays exploring how the composer parodied the work of others and how other composers did the same with him. The contributors delve into the works of Baroque-era composers from Bach himself to C. P. E. Bach, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Ferruccio Busoni. But they also cast a wider net, investigating the ways Bach's music cross-pollinates with contemporary composer-performers John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet, and keyboardist Bernie Worrell and Parliament-Funkadelic. The diverse contexts illuminate a broad range of parody techniques, from structural scaffolding and contrapuntal elaboration to integration with stylistic languages far removed from the Baroque. An insightful look at how composers build on each other's work, Bach Reworked reveals how nuanced understandings of parody procedures can fuel both musical innovation and historically informed performance. Contributors: Stephen A. Crist, Ellen Exner, Moira Leanne Hill, Erinn E. Knyt, and Markus Zepf| Preface Abbreviations Reworking Fischer: Some Observations about Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer by Markus Zepf Repaying Debt with Interest: The Revision of Borrowed Movements in C. P. E. Bach's Passions by Moira Leanne Hill The Bach-Busoni Goldberg Variations by Erinn E. Knyt Bach as Modern Jazz by Stephen A. Crist Certifying J. S. Bach's Interplanetary Funksmanship or: What Bach Meant to Bernie Worrell by Ellen Exner Contributors General Index| "This intriguing collection casts new light on Bach's influences and impact through illuminating case studies in how composers borrow, adapt, and rework music of their predecessors, spanning from Bach's own reworkings to ways his music has infused modern jazz and funk."—J. Peter Burkholder, author of Charles Ives: The Ideas Behind the Music |Laura Buch is an editor of C. P. E. Bach: The Complete Works, a project of The Packard Humanities Institute, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.