C.P.E.: A Listener's Guide to the Other Bach - Couverture souple

Hurwitz, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1574674676 ISBN 13 : 9781574674675

Editeur : Amadeus, 2016

Synopsis

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) has to be the most rewarding, expressive, and entertaining of all the composers whose work fell into obscurity in the years following his death. He was overshadowed both by the rediscovery of his father, Johann Sebastian, and by the rise of the classical composers Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in Vienna. In his lifetime, however, he was considered "the great Bach " a musician of astonishing originality and a true original genius. His contemporaries were right.

Because modern editions of C. P. E. Bach's music were few and far between, it has been difficult for performers and record collectors to assess and enjoy his achievement, but over the past two decades the situation has begun to improve. His output was vast: 52 keyboard concertos, a dozen and a half symphonies, hundreds of keyboard sonatas and character pieces, and a wealth of songs, choral music, and chamber works.

Accompanied by a full-length Hänssler Classic CD of the composer's finest and most representative works, this survey offers a comprehensive overview of this magnificent, all-but-unknown body of music and makes the case for regarding C. P. E. as a true classic.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Hurwitz is the Founder and Executive Editor of Classicstoday.com, the Internet's first Classical Music recording review magazine, and the popular YouTube channel The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz. He holds MA degrees from Johns Hopkins and Stanford Universities. Hurwitz is the author of books on Mozart, Mahler, Sibelius, Haydn, Dvorák, Brahms, Beethoven, Shostakovich, R. Strauss Bernstein, Handel, C.P.E. Bach, and Mendelssohn. His musicological articles have been published in noted journals such as Music & Letters, Nineteenth-Century Music Review, and Early Music America.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amadeus
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1574674676
• ISBN 13: 9781574674675
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Universal Music Group Gmbh; https://www.universalmusic.com/; ; Winterhuder Weg 27; Hamburg; 22085; Allemagne