Bachanalia, the essential listener's guide to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier

Altschuler, Eric Lewin

ISBN 10: 0316035297 / ISBN 13: 9780316035293

Edité par Little Brown & Co, New York, 1994

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1st prtg indicated by # series on copyright pg. Purple-flecked boards, black quarter spine, unclipped color design dj, all exc unread, as new cond; 254 pp. Contains brief essays devoted to each of the 48 fugues. Size: 6.5"-10".

N° de réf. du vendeur RB3291

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Bachanalia, the essential listener's guide to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
• Éditeur: Little Brown & Co, New York
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0316035297
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780316035293
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition Stated
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

By applying what Stephen Jay Gould describes in his preface as a "Bill James" style of statistical analysis of baseball teams to the 48 fugues and preludes in Bach's composition for the harpsichord, the author has created a unique listening guide to this musical composition. Altschuler's essays - one for each fugue in the Well-Tempered Clavier - are full of playful, often ingenuous analogies (to baseball teams, horror movies, chocolate chip cookies and sex) that render sophisticated musical concepts with clarity to listeners with little, or no, musical training.