JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH IN THE EYES OF JOHANN MATTHESON: ON THE CANTATA ICH HATTE VIEL BEKÜMMERNIS, BWV 21
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH IN THE EYES OF JOHANN MATTHESON: ON THE CANTATA ICH HATTE VIEL BEKÜMMERNIS, BWV 21

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the appraisal of Johann Sebastian bach’s music by Johann Mattheson, specifically the commentary on the cantata Ich hatte viel Beküm- mernis, bWV 21 which that hamburg-based theorist included in a 1725 issue of his periodical critica musica. Musicologists disagree as to the interpretation of Mattheson’s words. however, most authors see them as derisive criticism of the cantata. in this arti- cle, the author polemicises with that view and analyses Mattheson’s statement in a wider and deeper context.

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