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CHAPTER 6<br />

CASE STUDY<br />

As <strong>state</strong>d before, the intention <strong>of</strong> this dissertation is to investigate available<br />

recordings to determine trends in <strong>performance</strong> <strong>practice</strong> <strong>of</strong> Bach‟s St. John Passion.<br />

During the course <strong>of</strong> writing this dissertation document, thirty-eight out <strong>of</strong> seventy-nine<br />

known commercial recordings were obtained for study. This total number far exceeds<br />

previous and similar studies like Fabian‟s 2003 study that examined 15 out <strong>of</strong> 26<br />

recordings <strong>of</strong> the St. John Passion recorded on or before 1976. 337 Similarly, Golomb‟s<br />

2004 dissertation examined 17 out <strong>of</strong> 70 recordings <strong>of</strong> the Mass in B minor. 338 The<br />

percentage <strong>of</strong> available recordings to those secured are: 48% <strong>of</strong> commercial recordings<br />

were obtained for this study whereas Fabian (2003) secured 58% and Golomb (2004)<br />

24%.<br />

337 Fabian, Bach Performance Practice, 1945-1975, 275.<br />

338 Golomb, “Expression and Meaning in Bach‟s Performance and Reception,” 29.<br />

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