Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
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 how Bach…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-32256-9
- EAN: 9780393322569
- Produktnummer: 19416866
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 599 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.6 cm x D4.8 cm 719 g
- Gewicht: 719
Über den Autor
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.
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