TY - JOUR
TI - Rhetorics of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orgelbüchlein: An Introduction with a Case Study of BWV 614
AU - Górny, Tomasz
TI - Rhetorics of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orgelbüchlein: An Introduction with a Case Study of BWV 614
AB - 
	The paper presents an examination of the interplay of music and lyrics in the Orgelbüchlein by Johann Sebastian Bach that summarises some of the earlier findings in this area and outlines a wider context of the studies concerning the relationship of rhetoric and music. The attention is devoted to the affect theory and the musical rhetorical figures theory. Parallels in creating speech and music are discussed as well; this element of musical rhetoric is the least prominent in Orgelbüchlein, but the interpretation of its chorales in terms of inventio, dispositio and elocutio seems legitimate. Finally, a remark is made of the significant influence of the Lutheran tradition, which elevated music, seeing it as a means for the efficient spreading of faith and teaching the Gospel. The paper concludes with a case study of chorale Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV 614.
VL - 2017
IS - Volume 19, Issue 2 (43)
PY - 2017
SN - 2082-0984
C1 - 2084-3844
SP - 363
EP - 385
DO - 10.4467/20843844TE.17.011.8404
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/terminus/article/rhetorics-of-johann-sebastian-bachs-orgelbuchlein-an-introduction-with-a-case-study-of-bwv-614
KW - Johann Sebastian Bach
KW - Orgelbüchlein
KW - rhetoric
KW - musical rhetorical figures theory