Bach's Musical Universe: The Composer and His Work - Couverture rigide

Wolff, Christoph

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393050718 ISBN 13 : 9780393050714

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2020

Synopsis

A comprehensive and fascinating study of the overall creative output of Johann Sebastian Bach, capturing the essence of his art.

In this companion volume to Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Christoph Wolff contextualises his famous subject by delving deeply into the composer's rich collection of music. Emerging from this complex and massive oeuvre, Bach's Musical Universe is a focused discussion of a meaningful selection of compositions. Unlike any previous study, this book details Bach's creative process across the various instrumental and vocal genres, and centres on what the composer himself judiciously presented in carefully designed benchmark collections and individual works-all consequential to Bach's musical art. Tracing Bach's evolution as a composer, Wolff compellingly illuminates the ideals and legacy of this giant of classical music in a new, refreshing light for everyone, from the amateur to the virtuoso.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christoph Wolff is Adams University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, where he taught from 1976 to 2012. A former director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, Germany, he is the author of numerous works of music history including Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography, and Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788-1791, winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Wolff lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393050718
• ISBN 13: 9780393050714
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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