Bach: A Musical Biography
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01GG0931O |
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| Number of Pages | : | 225 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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I haven't finished the book yet. A bit ponderous I haven't finished the book yet. A bit ponderous, considering how many biographies are out there. Little info on rhythm.
The going is not always easy, and the mixture of forensically researched and ingeniously practical considerations on which Williams bases his speculations are many and various, with many a tangent taken along the way. 'A big read, stimulatingly rigorous, and an excellent follow-up from Williams's concise Life of Bach (2004).' Five stars, BBC Music Magazine'The joy of this book is the human touch that underlines the title, a musical biography Not only a fascinating read but brings a great composer and
In more recent years, he focused on biography, with The Life of Bach (Cambridge, 2003) and J. Peter Williams (1937-2016) held the first Chair in Performance Practice in Britain at the University of Edinburgh, where he was first Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords and latterly Dean of Music. Bach, Cambridge, 1980-84); on music for the harpsichord (with Art of Fugue, 1986, and Bach: The
Bach: A Life in Music, revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music. S. S. While a great deal has been written about the composer's vocal works, Williams gives the keyboard music its proper emphasis, revealing it as crucial to Bach's biography, as a young organist and a mature composer, as a performer in public and teacher in private, and as a profound thinker in the language of music.. In this book, Peter Williams, author of the acclaimed J. Bach composed some of the best-loved and most moving music in Western culture. Surviving mostly in manuscript collections, his music also exists in special and unique publications that reveal much about his life and thoughts as a composer. J. Reviewing all of Bach's music chronologically, Williams discusses the music collection by collection to reveal the development of Bach's interests and priorities