TY - MUSIC AU - Melamed,Daniel R. TI - J.S.Bach and the Oratorio tradition SN - 978-0-252-03584-5 PY - 2011/// CY - Urbana, Chicago, Springfield PB - University of Illinois press KW - Bach, Johann Sebastian KW - Mucik critik KW - Mucikologists KW - Geman N1 - Bach perspectives is sponcored by the American Bach society and producted under the guidance of its editorial board; Index: p.149-153; Cont.:Under the spell of opera?/ By Christoph Wolff;Johann Sebastian Bach and Barthold Heinrich Brocks /By Daniel R.Melamed;Drama and discourse:the form and function of chorale tropes in Bach's oratorios /By Markus Rathey; Oratorio on five afternoons:from the Lübeck abendmusiken to Bach's Christmas Oratorio /By Kerala J.Snyder; The triumph of "Instrumental melody":aspects of musical poetics in Bach's St.John Passion /By Laurence Dreyfus; Bach's Ascension Oratorio:God's kingsdoms and their representation /By Eric Chafe ER -