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J.S. Bach, Volume 2

Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
Translated by Ernest Newman (1868 - 1959)

Second volume of an analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and musical compositions, and of the artistic, philosophical, and religious world in which he acted. (Summary by Krista Zaleski)

Musical segments provided by: Devorah Allen, Jake Malizia, and Krista Zaleski.

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Music

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Ch 19 - Bach and Aesthetics	Elizabeth Davis	00:15:14
Play 02	Ch 20 - Poetic Music and Pictorial Music	Kathrine Engan	00:42:09
Play 03	Ch 21 Part 1 - Word and Tone in Bach	Lillis Joy Chris Greaves	00:16:54
Play 04	Ch 21 Part 2 - Word and Tone in Bach continued	czandra	00:33:51
Play 05	Ch 21 Part 3 - Word and Tone in Bach continued	czandra	00:16:02
Play 06	Ch 22 Part 1 - The Musical Language of the Chorales	Edmund Bloxam	00:17:20
Play 07	Ch 22 Part 2 - The Musical Language of the Chorales continued	Edmund Bloxam	00:18:21
Play 08	Ch 23 Part 1 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas	czandra Chris Greaves	00:24:56
Play 09	Ch 23 Part 2 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas continued	czandra	00:26:27
Play 10	Ch 23 Part 3 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas continued	czandra	00:31:28
Play 11	Ch 23 Part 4 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas continued	czandra	00:16:34
Play 12	Ch 24 Pt 1- The Arnstadt, Muhlhausen, Weimar, and Cothen Cantatas	czandra Chris Greaves	00:29:35
Play 13	Ch24 Pt2 - The Arnstadt, Muhlhausen, Weimar, and Cothen Cantatas continued	Jenn Broda czandra	00:29:52
Play 14	Ch 25 Pt1 - The Leipzig Cantatas of 1723 and 1724	Sarah Rothwell	00:13:57
Play 15	Ch 25 Pt2 - The Leipzig Cantatas of 1723 and 1724 continued	Sarah Rothwell	00:20:53
Play 16	Ch26 Pt1 - The Magnificat and the St. John Passion	Kathrine Engan Corrinne LePage	00:23:46
Play 17	Ch26 Pt2 - The Magnificat and the St. John Passion continued	Group	00:20:33
Play 18	Ch27 Pt1 - The Cantatas of the years 1725-1727	Jenn Broda czandra	00:20:08
Play 19	Ch27 Pt2 - The Cantatas of the years 1725-1727	czandra	00:19:50
Play 20	Ch28 Pt1 - The Trauerode and the St. Matthew Passion	czandra	00:14:05
Play 21	Ch28 Pt2 - The Trauerode and the St. Matthew Passion	Jenn Broda czandra	00:23:34
Play 22	Ch28 Pt3 - The Trauerode and the St. Matthew Passion	Jenn Broda czandra	00:22:35
Play 23	Ch 29 Pt1 - The Cantatas of the Years 1728-1734	Sarah Rothwell Chris Greaves	00:30:35
Play 24	Ch29 Pt2 - The Cantatas of the Years 1728-1734 continued	Sarah Rothwell Chris Greaves	00:27:39
Play 25	Ch30 Pt1 - The Secular Cantatas	Jenn Broda czandra	00:36:13
Play 26	Ch30 Pt2 - The Secular Cantatas	Group	00:33:49
Play 27	Ch 31 - The Motets and the Songs	czandra	00:17:27
Play 28	Ch 32 - The Oratorios	Jim Locke Jenn Broda	00:21:46
Play 29	Ch 33 - The Masses	Group	00:41:23
Play 30	Ch 34 pt 1 - The Cantatas After 1734	Jenn Broda Chris Greaves	00:38:11
Play 31	Ch 34 pt 2 - The Cantatas After 1734 continued	Chris Greaves	00:39:37
Play 32	Ch 34 pt 3 - The Cantatas After 1734 continued	Chris Greaves	00:37:54
Play 33	Ch 35 pt 1 - The Performance of the Cantatas and Passions	Chris Greaves	00:46:29
Play 34	Ch 35 pt 2 - The Performance of the Cantatas and Passions continued	Chris Greaves	00:41:29
Play 35	Ch 35 pt 3 - The Performance of the Cantatas and Passions continued	Chris Greaves	00:32:57
Play 36	Ch 35 pt 4 - The Performance of the Cantatas and Passions continued	Chris Greaves	00:31:10
Play 37	Ch 35 pt 5 - The Performance of the Cantatas and Passions continued	Chris Greaves	00:30:59
Play 38	Ch 35 pt 6 - The Performance of the Cantatas and Passions continued	Chris Greaves	00:26:26

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