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Bach and Mozart MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd ii 77//2288//22001199 1100::1111::2200 PPMM MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd iiii 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::0077 PPMM Bach and Mozart Essays on the Engima of Genius Robert L. Marshall MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd iiiiii 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::0077 PPMM Copyright © 2019 by Robert L. Marshall All rights reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation, no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded, or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2019 University of Rochester Press 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA www.urpress.com and Boydell & Brewer Limited PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK www.boydellandbrewer.com ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-962-3 ISSN: 1071-9989 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Marshall, Robert Lewis, author. Title: Bach and Mozart : essays on the enigma of genius / Robert L. Marshall. Other titles: Eastman studies in music ; v. 161. Description: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2019. | Series: Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; vol. 161 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2019026475 | ISBN 9781580469623 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781571138231 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750—Criticism and interpretation. | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756–1791—Criticism and interpretation. | Music— 18th century—History and criticism. Classification: LCC ML410.B13 M2718 2019 | DDC 780.92/2—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019026475 This publication is printed on acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America. Portions of this book were previously published and are reprinted here with permission: Prologue: “The Eighteenth Century as a Music-Historical Epoch: A Different Argument for the Proposition,” College Music Symposium 27 (1987): 198–205. Chapter 1: “Toward a Twenty-First-Century Bach Biography,” Musical Quarterly, 84 (2000): 497–525 Copyright page continued on page 331. MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd iivv 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::4466 PPMM For Traute Wie immer Für immer MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd vv 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::4466 PPMM MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd vvii 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::4466 PPMM My final goal: to produce a regular church music to the Glory of God. —J. S. Bach, 1708 To express my thoughts and feelings . . . by means of tones: I am a musician. —W. A. Mozart, 1777 For the use and profit of the musical youth desiring to learn. —J. S. Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, 1722 Music . . . must please the listener, or in other words must never cease to be music. —W. A. Mozart, 1781 For music lovers, to refresh their spirits. —J. S. Bach, Klavierübung, 1726–1741 MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd vviiii 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::4466 PPMM MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd vviiiiii 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::4466 PPMM Contents List of Figures xi Preface xiii List of Abbreviations xix Prologue. The Century of Bach and Mozart as a Music-Historical Epoch: A Different Argument for the Proposition 1 1 Young Man Bach: Toward a Twenty-First-Century Bach Biography 9 2 The Notebooks for Wilhelm Friedemann and Anna Magdalena Bach: Some Biographical Lessons 30 3 Bach and Luther 38 4 Redeeming the St. John Passion—and J. S. Bach 56 5 Bach’s Keyboard Music 65 6 The Minimalist and Traditionalist Approaches to Performing Bach’s Choral Music: Some Further Thoughts 114 7 Truth and Beauty: J. S. Bach at the Crossroads of Cultural History 121 8 Bach at Mid-Life: The Christmas Oratorio and the Search for New Paths 130 9 Bach at the Boundaries of Music History: Preliminary Reflections on the B-Minor Mass and the Late-Style Paradigm 148 10 Father and Sons: Confronting a Uniquely Daunting Paternal Legacy 156 11 Johann Christian Bach and Eros 174 12 Bach and Mozart: Styles of Musical Genius 186 MMaarrsshhaallll..iinndddd iixx 77//2288//22001199 1100::1166::4466 PPMM