Johann Sebastian Bach : The Learned Musician Hardback
by Christoph (, William Powell Mason Professor of Music and dean of the Graduate School of Arts Wolff
Hardback
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Although we have heard of 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 and leading Bach scholar, here 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 a 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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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:616 pages, frontispiece, text illustrations, 1 map, music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:30/03/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198165347
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:616 pages, frontispiece, text illustrations, 1 map, music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:30/03/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198165347
