Jasmin Melissa Cameron is lecturer in Music at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. She has published articles on texted music in the late Baroque and Classical periods, and produced the recent edition of Vivaldi's Gloria RV 589 for the New Novello Choral Series.

• Part 1 List of Figures and TablesPart 2 Reader's NotePart 3 Editor's ForewordPart 4 PrefacePart 5 AcknowledgmentsPart 6 Part I: The Liturgy and Its Musical ImplicationsChapter 7 1. The Crucifixus: An OverviewPart 8 Part II: Investigative ApproachesChapter 9 2. Music and Rhetoric: Representation of the Text as Conceived by Theorists of the Eighteenth CenturyChapter 10 3. Modern Analytical Views Relevant to the Subject and Their Relationship to RhetoricPart 11 Part III: AnalysisChapter 12 4. A Musical OverviewChapter 13 5. Analytical ResultsPart 14 Part IV: Case StudiesChapter 15 6. Adaptation of Preexisting Music for a Setting of the Crucifixus: J.S. Bach: Crucifixus from Mass in B Minor BWV 232Chapter 16 7. Organization of Texture and Text: Caldara: Crucifixus a 16 VociChapter 17 8. A Semiotic Analysis: Bertoni: Crucifixus con Organo a 4 VociChapter 18 9. A Rhetorical Analysis: Zelenka: Crucifixus from Missa Paschalis ZWV 7Chapter 19 10. Textual Influence: Vivaldi: Crucifixus from Credo RV 591Chapter 20 11. Constraints of Style: Lotti: Crucifixus Settings for Six and Ten VoicesChapter 21 12. Orchestral Practice and Crucifixus Conventions: Mozart, Haydn, and BeyondPart 22 Part V: SummaryChapter 23 13. The Crucifixus Tradition: Patterns of Influence and Modes of TransmissionChapter 24 14. General OverviewPart 25 AppendixesChapter 26 A. Crucifixus SettingsChapter 27 B. Rhythmic Variants for Setting the Word "Crucifixus"Chapter 28 C. A Comparison of Bach's Setting of the Crucifixus from the Mass in B Minor BWV 232 and the First Part of the Opening Chorus from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen BWV 12Chapter 29 D. A. Caldara (8): Crucifixus a 16 VociChapter 30 E. F.G. Bertoni (5): Crucifixus con Organo a 4 VociChapter 31 F. A. Vivaldi (95): Crucifixus from Credo RV 591Chapter 32 G. A. Lotti (59): Crucifixus a 6Chapter 33 H. A Lotti (60): Crucifixus a 10Chapter 34 I. W.A. Mozart (84): Crucifixus from Krönungs-Messe KV 317Chapter 35 J. F.J. Haydn (39): Crucifixus from Missa in Tempore BelliChapter 36 K. D. Cimarosa (16): Messa a 4 con StromentiPart 37 BibliographyPart 38 General IndexPart 39 Musical IndexPart 40 About the Author

A fascinating account of Bach's musical interpretation of the crucifixion...This unique study of musical settings of the Crucifixus is believed to be the first of its kind in the world...