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J.S. Bach : a life in music / Peter Williams.

Author/creator Williams, Peter, 1937 May 14-2016
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxi, 405 pages : maps, music ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Early years 1685-1703. Honourable Thuringians ; Birth, family ; Loss of parents ; The 'Moonlight episode' ; The move to Luneburg ; Visits to Hamburg ; French tastes -- First appointments 1703-8. The Arnstadt appointment ; Further influences ; From Arnstadt to Lubeck ; Buxtehude ; The Muhlhausen appointment ; The Muhlhausen organ ; First marriage ; Letters and writing -- Weimar 1708-17. Heard by a duke ; The Weimar appointment ; Weimar organ competition ; Other development in Weimar ; The Halle audition ; Music for Halle? ; The Weimar production and cantatas ; Pupils in Weimar ; The competition with Marchand -- Cothen 1717-23. The call to Cothen ; The move to Cothen ; The Cothen appointment ; The 'Brandenburg concertos' ; Some other music at Cothen ; Death of wife Maria Barbara ; The Hamburg recital (audition?) ; Second marriage ; Some other musical activities ; The family -- Leipzig, the first years. Call to Leipzig ; The appointment procedure ; New life in Leipzig ; The place of cantatas ; Some other music ; Further cantata cycles ; The passions ; Other musical activities -- Leipzig, the middle years. The collegium musicum and chamber repertories ; The first published set of pieces ; The royal title and associated music ; Organs and organ music ; Harpsichord music ; Other musical developments ; Other activities -- Leipzig, the final years. Concerning the last decade ; The art of fugue ; The visit to Potsdam ; The B minor mass ; Blindness ; Deathbed and death -- Observations, descriptions, criticisms. Circumstances at the Thomaskirche ; The letter to Georg Erdmann ; The collegium obsolescent? ; Organs and harpsichords ; Hidden secrets of harmony ; Serious and profound music ; A light and playful manner of thinking ; The score-reader ; The keyboard player ; The organ expert ; Scheibe's criticism ; Character, quarrels ; 'Theoretical speculations' ; Tuning and temperament ; The teacher ; What was taught ; A note on the four-part chorales ; A speculation concerning W.F. Bach -- Epilogue. Concerning the life ; Concerning the music ; Texts, 'appropriate' music, order-plans, parodies ; A brief note on aesthetics.
Abstract Explores the life of Bach through his original Obituary, exploring what the work reveals about Bach's musical style, inspirations, and ambitions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 387-391) and indexes.
ISBN9780521870740
ISBN0521870747

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