"Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariä's "Die Pilgrime auf Golgotha": A Passion Oratorio Libretto" by Bertil Van Boer

Article

Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariä's "Die Pilgrime auf Golgotha": A Passion Oratorio Libretto

Ars Lyrica (1992)

Bertil Van Boer, Western Washington University

Abstract

During the middle of the eighteenth century an extensive debate on the suitability of the German language for musical dramatic works, principally opera and oratorio, arose following the demise of German Baroque opera in the 1730s.

Keywords

Religious music,
German language,
Musical expressiveness

Disciplines

Music

Publication Date

1992

Publisher Statement

Published by Open Music Library

https://openmusiclibrary.org/article/50545/

Citation Information

Bertil Van Boer. "Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariä's "Die Pilgrime auf Golgotha": A Passion Oratorio Libretto" Ars Lyrica Vol. 6 (1992) p. 87 - 102
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bertil_vanboer/23/