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The Bach family : seven generations of creative genius / Karl Geiringer in collaboration with Irene Geiringer.

Author/creator Geiringer, Karl, 1899-1989
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1954.
Descriptionxiv, 514 pages : illustrations, 26 plates (including portraits, facsimiles) map, music ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Part 1. The rise of the Bach family and the first great achievements ( -1700). Ordeal in Germany -- A miller, a jester, a piper (Veit, Hans, Caspar Bach) -- The founder of the Erfurt dynasty (Johann Bach) -- Two Bachs at Arnstadt (Christoph and Heinrich Bach). Musical trends in the 17th century ; The compositions of Johann and Heinrich Bach -- Heinrich's two great sons (Johann Christoph (13) and Johann Michael Bach). The music of Johann Michael Bach ; The music of Johann Christoph Bach -- The triple team of Bach brothers (Georg Christoph, Johann Christoph (12), Johann Ambrosius Bach) -- Part 2. Expansion and culmination (1700-1750). Particularism and universalism in Germany -- The Jena and Muhlhausen Bach (Johann Nicolaus and Johann Friederich Bach). The music of Johann Nicolaus Bach -- The descendants of Johann Bach (Johann Christoph (17) and Johann Bernhard Bach). The music of Johann Bernhard Bach -- The Meiningen Bachs (Johann Ludwig and Nikolaus Ephraim Bach). The music of Johann Ludwig Bach -- Johann Sebastian Bach. Apprenticeship (1685-1703) ; Years of growth (1703-1708) ; The great organist (1708-1717) ; Court conductor and princely friend (1717-1723) ; Thomas cantor and director musices at Leipzig (1723-1750) ; Sebastian and his family -- The music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Works for voices and instruments ; Works for the organ solo ; Works for the clavier solo ; Works for string and wind instruments; concertos -- Part 3. The last great achievements and the decline of the Bach family (1750- ). Rococo and classicism -- The Halle Bach (Wilhelm Friedeman Bach) -- The Berlin and Hamburg Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) -- The Buckeburg Bach (Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach) -- The Milan and London Bach (Johann Christian Bach) -- Two painters at Meiningen (Gottlieb Friedrich and Johann Philipp Bach) -- Bachs at Eisenach (Johann Ernst and Johann Georg Bach) -- Sebastian's children and the Bach family -- Two grandsons of Sebastian (Johann Sebastian II and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach) -- Genealogical table of the Bach musicians.
Local noteLittle-26799--305130078168%
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 490-495) and index ("Index of compositions by members of the Bach family": pages 506-514).
LCCN 54013129

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