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J.F. Fasch, the Kapellmeister at the Court of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1722 to 1758 and one of the most neglected contemporaries of J.S. Bach, composed approximately 1400 sacred cantatas during his life time. Seven cycles comprising 1000 cantatas were listed by Fasch in a music inventory, the Concert=Stube des Zerbster Schloβes. Using data recorded in volumes 352-369 of the Konsistorium Zerbst Rep 15 IXa chronicle, this dissertation sheds light on the musical-liturgical activities at the Court Chapel during the years of Fasch's tenure. This primary source was hitherto thought to be lost but it is indeed held at the Landesarchiv Oranienbaum, Germany, and has provided a wealth of illuminating information for this study. It allows us to solve a number of enigmas which have long puzzled scholars. First, we can gain insight into the music and worship traditions at the Court Chapel and examine Fasch's role as Kapellmeister in a contemporary mid-eighteenth century context. In addition to performing his own cantata cycles and premiering cycles by other composers such as Telemann and G.F. Stölzel, Fasch repeated these cycles between two and six times. Secondly, we can date the largest collection of sacred cantatas by Fasch preserved at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preuβischer Kulturbesitz. The majority of cantatas form part of a cycle from 1735/36, Das in Bitte, Gebeth, Fürbitte and Dancksagung bestehende Opffer. The extant copies were prepared by Fasch in the early 1750s, probably upon the request of a fellow composer who participated in the Musikalientausch which Fasch had begun organizing in 1728. Finally, an examination of Fasch's compositional procedures as evident in the sacred cantatas preserved at the Staatsbibliothek shows that while his musical style was firmly rooted in the mid-eighteenth century, Fasch also employed forward-oriented techniques and developed an Individualstil. This investigation, having brought to light important source materials and offered significant insights, provides a useful basis for, and stimulus to any future research into the sacred music of J.F. Fasch as well as the musical-liturgical activities at German Courts during the first half of the eighteenth century. / Graduate

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Thesis (D.Mus.Arts)--University of Washington. / Bibliography: 232-241.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 2722. Adviser: John Walter Hill. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-193) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

A New Song is a sacred contata in four parts written for mixed chorus, soloists, narrator, congregation, and chamber ensemble consisting of organ, brass ensemble, and percussion. It is designed to be performed within the limitations of a church sanctuary. The text is taken from the New American Standard Version of the Bible. The four parts are based on prophecies found in the book of Isaiah and the fulfillment of these prophecies as found in the New Testament books of Matthew, Luke, and John. The texture and orchestration throughout the contata change according to the mood of the text. For practical performance purposes, vocal parts are based on traditional harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic patterns, leaving the more complex patterns to the instrumental parts.

The Chorale Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach are outstanding examples of his ingenuity. The existing data on the Chorale Cantatas are distributed throughout numerous volumes by many scholars. They have written much about the cantatas in general but not so much specifically about the chorales in them. In this thesis, the emphasis is on the chorales and Bach's treatment of them in the Chorale Cantatas. An historical approach to the cantata and the chorale is given as a preliminary to the treatment of the chorale in the chorale cantata. This was done that the reader might have a better understanding of them. The necessary material for this thesis was gathered from dictionaries, music lexicons, books, articles and the music principally in the Bach-gesellschaft edition. The material is organized according to the following plan: 1. The Church Cantata and its origin; the development of the Church Cantata in Germany; the use of the cantata in the worship service. 2. The Chorale, its origin and development; its changes as a result of the Reformation; its use in church services, and its use in musical composition. 3. Bach's treatment of the Chorale in musical forms. 4. Bach's treatment of the words of the Chorales in the Chorale Cantatas.

Title from accompanying document. / A.M. Forbes, soprano ; J. Anschutz, piano, organ ; K. Irwin, oboe ; D. Bakke, T. McClure, violins ; E. Takehana, viola ; V. Pugh, violoncello ; J. Langenkamp, tenor ; S. Rushing, narrator. / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

Inaug.-Diss.--Kiel. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. 5.

The Seven Last Words of Christ is a sacred cantata for SATB chorus with soloists accompanied by a woodwind quintet, brass quintet and three percussionists. The text employed in this work is based on the Gospel accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the King James Version of the of the Holy Bible. The cantata consists of seven movements with an instrumental introduction and postlude, and has a duration of approximately twenty-seven minutes. The majority of the movements are slow in tempo, reflecting the somber mood of the text. The major goal of this work is to musically represent the drama and prevailing mood present at an event of extreme magnitude and importance in the lives of Christians around the world, and to provide additional literature for special church services through the use of individual movements.