Muzyka krzyza. Słowo o teologii Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit Jana Sebastiana Bacha
The Music of the Cross. On the Theology of J.S. Bach’s Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit
Author(s): Józef MajewskiSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Music, Rhetoric, History of Art
Published by: Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska (Luterańska) w Gdańsku-Sopocie
Keywords: musical rhetoric; ars moriendi; eschatology; death; sin; Devil; Luther’s theology of the cross;
Summary/Abstract: The author presents three theological interpretations of the chorale fantasy Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit by Johann Sebastian Bach. David Yearsley, a US musicologist, perceives this work as an example of the Baroque musical practice of ars moriendi, connected with the theology of the cross. To Ann Leahy (d. 2007), a musicologist from Ireland, it is a deeply personal crowning of the eschatological cycle of Leipzig Chorales and an illustration of the Lutheran axiom simul iustus et peccator. In turn, the author of this paper offers a theological-staurological (Gr. stauros – cross) interpretation of Vor deinen Thron.
Journal: Gdański Rocznik Ewangelicki
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 215-236
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish