{"id":169,"date":"2016-10-03T23:38:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T04:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/musicandreligion\/?p=169"},"modified":"2016-10-03T23:38:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T04:38:05","slug":"169","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/musicandreligion\/2016\/10\/03\/169\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

In my first blog post, I remarked on the unique relationship between music and religion with the analogy of the heart and brain. Religion is the truth, or brain, that many people place at the foundation of their lives; however, music has the ability to strengthen that foundation with emotion, depending on how the text is set. <\/span><\/p>\n

When I started researching into my topic, I began with the focus that J. S. Bach created his Orgelb<\/span>\u00fcchlein as a way to embellish the choral tunes that were created from. I knew that Bach was a master arranger and knew his chorale preludes were convincing pieces of music. When I discovered Benitez\u2019s paper on <\/span>Musical-rhetorical Figures in the <\/span><\/i>Orgelb<\/span><\/i>\u00fcchlein of J. S. Bach<\/span><\/i>, I was enthralled. It contains so much powerful information and quotations from Bach\u2019s peers, students, and other professionals of the time to present a convincing presentation of background for Bach\u2019s awareness and education of rhetoric. <\/span><\/p>\n

This information pointed directly back to my original blog post. Aristotle\u2019s methods of rhetoric were designed to present the truth (or perhaps not the truth) in a specific way that would be convincing. Music, when assisting religion, has the same ability. <\/span><\/p>\n

This helped me mold my thesis to be more focused; however, it has since caused myself some concern. While I do quote other sources, I\u2019m not sure if my thesis is too closely aligned with Benitez\u2019s paper overall. The issue is I\u2019ve struggled to find any more evidence supporting the idea that Bach used rhetorical devices specifically in the <\/span>Orgelb<\/span>\u00fcchlein besides Benitez\u2019s paper. I have found an 85 page dissertation studying two organ chorale preludes (listed as one of the sources in my first draft) that I would like to dive into and see if I can find more information to support my thesis from there. Perhaps my next step should be to try to branch out and widen my search for Bach\u2019s rhetorical usage in other works. If I need more convincing evidence, I may look into Bach\u2019s cantatas, as many movements from the cantatas share similar forms to Bach\u2019s <\/span>Orgelb<\/span>\u00fcchlein chorale preludes. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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