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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician

Categorie	Componisten
Boeknummer	#424529-YC18
Titel	Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
Auteur	Wolff, Christoph
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New York/London : W.W. Norton & Company
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	0393322564
ISBN13	9780393322569
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, this landmark book was revised in 2013 to include new knowledge discovered after its initial publication. Although we have heard 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 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 h... (Lees verder)ow Bach's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as 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.
Pagina's	599
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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