Beyond Bach : music and everyday life in the eighteenth century / Andrew Talle.
Author/creator |
Talle, Andrew author. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017] |
Copyright Notice | ©2017 |
Description | xiv, 343 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 25 cm |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
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Contents | Civilizing instruments -- The mechanic and the tax collector -- A silver merchant's daughter -- A dark-haired dame and her Scottish admirer -- Two teenage countesses -- A marriage rooted in reason -- Male amateur keyboardists -- A blacksmith's son -- May God protect this beautiful organ -- How professional musicians were compensated -- The daily life of an organist. |
Abstract | Reverence for J.S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composers, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Eschewing the great composer style of music history, the author takes us on a journey that looks at how ordinary people made music in Bach's Germany. He focuses in particular on the culture of keyboard playing as lived in public and private. As he ranges through a wealth of documents, instruments, diaries, account ledgers, and works of art, the author brings a fascinating cast of characters to life. These individuals--amateur and professional performers, patrons, instrument builders, and listeners--inhabited a lost world, and the author's deft expertise teases out the diverse roles music played in their lives and in their relationships with one another. At the same time, his nuanced recreation of keyboard playing's social milieu illuminates the era's reception of Bach's immortal works. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-329) and index. |
Issued in other form | Online version: Talle, Andrew. Beyond Bach. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2017 9780252099342 |
LCCN | 2016041694 |
ISBN | 9780252040849 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
ISBN | 0252040848 |
ISBN | (electronic book) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Music | Music Stacks | ML3917.G3 T35 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |