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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Peter Williams revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer's interests and priorities. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Maps ; 1 Map of northern Germany in the time of J.S. Bach ; 2 Map of Thuringia and Saxony in the time of J.S. Bach ; Part I Life and works. |
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1 Early years, 1685-1703: background, family, studies 'Honourable Thuringians' ; Birth, family ; Loss of parents ; Earliest musical activities? ; Copying music and the 'moonlight episode' ; The move to Lüneburg ; Composing in Lüneburg? ; Visits to Hamburg. |
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Influential composers: Böhm and Reinken Johann Christoph's albums and some early compositions ; French and Italian tastes ; 2 First appointments, 1703-1708: a young musician's activities and early works ; First Weimar appointment ; The Arnstadt appointment. |
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A further note on 'early works' Further influences, 1700-1715 ; The visit to Buxtehude, and the 'Arnstadt Chorales' ; Lübeck, the cantatas, Passacaglia and other works ; The Mühlhausen appointment ; Mühlhausen and 'early cantatas' ; The Mühlhausen letter and other writing. |
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First marriage, and some cantatas of the time Letters and writing ; 3 Weimar, 1708-1717: the gifted player at a ducal court ; Heard by a duke ; The Weimar appointment ; Early years in Weimar ; Cantatas in Weimar, 1 ; Musical development: counterpoint, variations, concertos. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. |
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Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750. |
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Composers -- Germany -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Germany. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians. |
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical. |
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MUSIC -- Reference. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Peter, 1937 May 14-2016. Bach. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107139251 1107139252 (DLC) 2015032386 (OCoLC)919001514 |
| ISBN |
9781316533789 (electronic book) |
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1316533786 (electronic book) |
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9781316488584 |
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1316488586 |
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9781316532829 |
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1316532828 |
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9781107139251 |
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1107139252 |
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