Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician - Couverture rigide

Wolff, Christoph

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 039304825X ISBN 13 : 9780393048254

Editeur : W W Norton & Co Inc, 2000

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Christoph Wolff is William Powell Mason Professor of Music and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He is co-author of the Bach Compendium, co-editor of the research journal Bach-Jahrbuch, and author of The New Grove Bach Family. Thirty-two of his numerous journal articles have been collected in his Bach: Essays on his Life and Music.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 039304825X
• ISBN 13: 9780393048254
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 599