A Woman's Voice in Baroque Music: Mariane von Ziegler and J.S. Bach (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: Mariane von Ziegler and J.S. Bach; Woman's voice: Mariane von Ziegler as poet; Anonymous voice: Mariane von Ziegler's sacred cantata texts; Divine voice: the significance of the Vox Christi for Ziegler and for Bach; The composer's voice: Bach's compositional procedures in the Ziegler cantatas; Woman's voice restored: the reception of the Ziegler cantatas and their significance in Bach's output; Appendices; Select bibliography; Indexes.