Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician - Brossura

Wolff, Christoph

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ISBN 10: 0393322564 ISBN 13: 9780393322569

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2001

Riassunto

A landmark biography by a noted Bach scholar provides a dramatic new study of the life and music of this key composer and musician of the Baroque era, exploring the intimate links between Bach's life and music and his innovations in musical composition, performance, and education. Reprint.

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Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship. Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between the composer's life and his music, showing how Bach's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher. And throughout, we see Bach in the broader context of his time: its institutions, traditions, and influences. With this highly readable book, Wolff sets a new standard for Bach biography.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0393322564
• ISBN 13: 9780393322569
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 599