Friday, December 22, 2023

Getting the tune right …

 …  ‘Bach Against Modernity’ Review: Sacred Cantatas and Concertos. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The 11 essays of “Bach Against Modernity” are mainly concerned, Mr. Marissen writes, with guarding against “a kind of cultural narcissism in which we end up miscasting Bach in our own ideological image and proclaiming the authenticity of that image, and hence its prestige value, in support of our own agendas.”

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