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Bach and Numbers: Analysis of His Church Cantatas through Biblical Numerology (2019)

Min-ho Jeong
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Many years of singing religious texts, especially that of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), as a counter tenor made me question if there were other methods of interpreting Bach’s music beyond focusing only on musical affects or harmonies. Among the many interpretative methods, I became interested in biblical numerology, interpreting numerical values with religious symbolisms, and was motivated to research the relationship between biblical and musical numeric symbolisms in Bach’s church cantatas. As many of his writings show, Bach’s music is deeply rooted in the Lutheran faith and Protestant traditions and, a detailed biblical approach would serve as one of the many good ways for the performer to deepen his or her understanding of Bach’s music and to enrich the interpretation in performance. The discovery of numeric insights in Bach’s church cantatas helped me better understand and interpret his emotional expressions and depth of faith. I believe this knowledge will be useful for other performers in making a musical interpretation more compelling and communicative. The objective of this research exposition is to suggest biblical numerology as a method to analyze and understand J.S. Bach’s church cantatas and to reveal Bach’s theological intentions by analyzing the correlation between the biblical and musical numeric values found in his solo cantatas for alto (BWV 82, 169) and how they apply in our understanding of the biblical symbolism in the text and the music.
typeresearch exposition
date18/06/2018
published21/10/2019
last modified21/10/2019
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/481188/589827
published inKC Research Portal
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589396 Bach and Numbers Analysis of His Church Cantatas through Biblical Numerology Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589805 BWW 169 1-1 mm.1-5 (Kammerorchester Basel) M.H Jeong All rights reserved
589818 Title page & Intro M.H Jeong All rights reserved
589831 01 Title page Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589834 02 Contents Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589836 03 Introduction Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589839 04 Work Analysis Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589970 Contents Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589972 04-1 BWV 82 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589973 03-1 Analysis BWV 82 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589975 03-2 Analysis BWV 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589977 04 Conclusion Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589979 05 Bibliography Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589981 01 Contents Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589982 02 Introduction Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589984 03 Selected Numbers in the Bible Which Apply to the Music of J. S. Bach Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589985 04 Work Analysis BWV 82 & 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589986 05 Conclusion Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589987 06 Bibliography Minho Jeong All rights reserved
589997 BWV 244 6 Buss und Reu Harmonia Mundi Fr. All rights reserved
590002 BWV 232 4-5 BIS All rights reserved
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590049 Audio 6. BWV 82-4 mm.9-13 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590050 Audio 7. BWV 82-5 mm.1-7 Ver. 1 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
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590093 Audio 17 BWV 169 4-2 mm.7 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590095 Audio 18 BWV 169 4-3 mm.5-6 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590097 Audio 20 BWV 169 5-1 mm.1 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590100 Audio 19 BWV 169 5-1 (1) Erbarme dich Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590103 Audio 20 BWV 169 5-1 mm.1 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590106 Audio 22 BWV 169 5-3 mm.36-38 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590108 04 Work Analysis BWV 82 & 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590109 Audio 11 BWV 169 2-1 mm.27 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590112 04 Work Analysis BWV 82 & 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590114 04 Work Analysis BWV 82 & 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590118 04 Work Analysis BWV 82 & 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
590119 04 Work Analysis BWV 82 & 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651422 Title Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651498 Title Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651500 Contents Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651502 Introduction Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651504 Selected Numbers in the Bible which Apply to the Musi of Bach Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651506 Work Anylasis BWV 82 & 169 Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651508 Conclusion Minho Jeong All rights reserved
651510 Bibiliograpgy Minho Jeong All rights reserved

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