{"id":414,"date":"2016-12-05T21:57:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/musicandreligion\/?p=414"},"modified":"2016-12-05T21:57:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:57:49","slug":"a-leap-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/musicandreligion\/2016\/12\/05\/a-leap-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"A Leap of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just today, in fact, I finally committed to doing my final paper and podcast on Bach\u2019s Ich freue mich in dir<\/em> BWV 133 in the spirit of the holiday season. I\u2019m still just beginning the research process, which can be a bit daunting especially since I\u2019m not familiar with the piece I\u2019m writing about. With my past papers, I haven\u2019t stepped too boldly out of my comfort zone in terms of topics, but this topic is going to force me to take a leap of faith and challenge myself to think critically about a piece I\u2019ve never thought about before.<\/p>\n

One of the main things that has jumped out to me about this cantata so far is the fact that the author of the poem Bach used, Caspar Ziegler, is apparently not very well-known. This is a bit hard to believe considering Bach made his poem quite famous with his cantata, but all of the sources I\u2019ve seen so far make Ziegler out to be someone with very little experience in the arts. I think it would be interesting to research the meaning behind the text from the author\u2019s point of view, which is something I hope to do.<\/p>\n

I have really enjoyed reading about all of the imagery in this cantata as well. At this point, I\u2019m struggling with which direction I should take my paper since I\u2019d like my paper to focus on imagery within the piece. With this topic, I\u2019m having a difficult time coming up with a thesis that isn\u2019t too standard but also isn\u2019t too complex. So far I\u2019ve considered discussing imagery in terms of instruments and voices used, direct biblical connections and representation, or arguing the imagery used does not depict the biblical text accurately (which I\u2019m not sure I agree with, but it could potentially be fun writing a paper this way). I know I have a lot of work to do, and I\u2019m sure my topic will narrow itself down as I delve further into research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just today, in fact, I finally committed to doing my final paper and podcast on Bach\u2019s Ich freue mich in dir BWV 133 in the spirit of the holiday season. I\u2019m still just beginning the research process, which can be … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1893,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/musicandreligion\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/musicandreligion\/feed\/podcast\/st-olaf-podcasts-music-and-religion","embedCode":"

A Leap of Faith<\/a><\/blockquote>