| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
738 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-719) and index. |
| Contents |
Approaching Bach. What do we know about Bach? ; Grand old men of Bach biography : Forkel, Spitta, Schweitzer ; Transmission of the works -- Stations of Bach's life. From matins singer to Hofkapellmeister (Eisenach ; Ohrdruf ; Lüneburg ; Arnstadt ; Mühlhausen ; Weimar ; Cöthen) ; Cantor at St. Thomas and city music director in Leipzig (The position and its new incumbent ; Early years in Leipzig ; Middle Leipzig period : "court composer") ; Director of the Collegium Musicum and composer of secular music (Aesthetic controversies, private initiatives ; Later Leipzig years : the universalist ; Bach household) -- Vocal music. Early and Weimar cantatas ; Leipzig cantatas ; Passions ; Secular cantatas and the Christmas oratorio ; Magnificat and the masses ; Motets -- Instrumental works. Art of the toccata ; Organ chorales ; Cöthen demonstration cycles : inventions and sinfonias, The well-tempered clavier, six solos for violin ; Concertos ; Sonatas and suites ; Late cycles (The Goldberg variations ; Art of fugue ; Musical offering) -- Horizons. Bach's art ; Bach as a Christian ; Rhetoric and symbolism ; Proportion and numerical relations in Bach's music ; Theological Bach research : between scholarship and faith-inspired learning. |
| Summary |
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most compelling figures in classical music. This study of the composer's life and work follows the course of Bach's career in rich detail - from his humble beginnings as an organ tuner and self-taught musician, to his role as Kapallmeister and cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig. |
| Subject |
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Critique et interprétation. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Hargraves, John.
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| Added Title |
Bach. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006027698
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| ISBN |
0151006482 |
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9780151006489 |
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