[+] Szeker-Madden, Lisa. "Topos, Text, and the Parody Problem in Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV 232." Canadian University Music Review/Revue de musique des universités canadiennes 15 (1995): 108-25.
Bach's choice of the opening chorus from Cantata 12 as the basis for the Crucifixus of the B-minor Mass is based on Aristotelian rhetorical principles. In both instances, there are identical topoi, predicament, and species. The same musical-rhetorical gestures of Cantata 12 are thus appropriate to the Crucifixus as well. Thus Bach's choice of model for parody goes well beyond strictly musical or textual considerations.
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Crucifixus.
Sources: Johann Sebastian Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12/1.
Index Classifications: 1700s
Contributed by: Felix Cox
