New Bach Reader - Couverture souple

David, Hans T.; Mendel, Arthur; Wolff, Christoph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393319563 ISBN 13 : 9780393319569

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 1999

Synopsis

Through hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The New Bach Reader, Christoph Wolff has incorporated numerous facsimiles and added many newly discovered items, reflecting the current state of scholarship about the composer's life and music. The readings in this volume provide an accurate and vivid picture of Bach's world and of his far-reaching influence.

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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: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393319563
• ISBN 13: 9780393319569
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 610
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible