Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hargraves, John.

Description

1. 738 p. : ill., music; 24 cm.

Uniform title

1. Bach. English

Alternative title

1. Bach.

Subject

1. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 > Criticism and interpretation

Contents

1. Approaching Bach -- What do we know about Bach? -- The grand old men of Bach biography: Forkel, Spitta, Schweitzer -- Transmission of the works -- I: The stations of Bach's life -- From Matins Singer to Hofkapellmeister -- Eisenach -- Ohrdruf -- Lüneburg -- Arnstadt -- Mühlhausen -- Weimar -- Cöthen -- Cantor at St. Thomas and city music director in Leipzig -- The position and its new incumbent -- The early years in Leipzig -- The middle Leipzig period: "court composer" -- Director of the Collegium Musicum and composer of secular music -- Aesthetic controversies, private initiatives -- The later Leipzig years: the universalist -- The Bach household -- II: The vocal music -- The early and Weimar cantatas -- The Leipzig cantatas -- The passions -- Secular cantatas and the Christmas oratorio -- The Magnificat and the masses -- The motets -- III: The instrumental works -- The art of the Toccata -- The organ chorales -- The Cöthen demonstrations cycles: inventions and sinfonias, The well-tempered clavier, six solos for violin -- The concertos -- The sonatas and suites -- The late cycles -- The Goldberg variations -- The art of Fugue -- The musical offering -- Bach's art -- Bach as a Christian -- Rhetoric and symbolism -- Proportion and numerical relations in Bach's music -- Theological Bach research: between scholarship and faith-inspired learning.

Call number

1. JME 07-147

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-719) and index.

Author

1. Geck, Martin.

Title

1. Johann Sebastian Bach : life and work / Martin Geck ; translated from the German by John Hargraves.

Imprint

1. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.

Edition

1. 1st U.S. ed.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-719) and index.

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1. Table of contents only
2. Contributor biographical information
3. Publisher description
4. Sample text

Added author

1. Hargraves, John.

LCCN

1. 2006012390

Other standard identifier

1. 9780151006489

ISBN

1. 0151006482
2. 9780151006489

Research call number

1. JME 07-147