Johann Sebastian Bach Life and Work

Martin Geck; John Hargraves

ISBN 10: 0151006482 / ISBN 13: 9780151006489

Verlag: Harcourt, Orlando, 2006

Hardcover with color printed dustjacket in original plastic shrinkwrap. 738 pp with illustrations, music. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most compelling figures in classical music. This study of the composer's life and work follows the course of Bach's career in rich detail - from his humble beginnings as an organ tuner and self-taught musician, to his role as Kapallmeister and cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig. Approaching Bach.; What do we know about Bach? ;; The grand old men of Bach biography : Forkel, Spitta, Schweitzer ;; Transmission of the works --; 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) --; 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 --; The instrumental works.; The art of the toccata ;; The organ chorales ;; The Cöthen demonstration 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) --; Horizons.; 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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 201479

Inhaltsangabe:

Two hundred and fifty years after his death, Johann Sebastian Bach remains one of the most compelling figures in the history of classical music. In this major study of the composer's life and work, Martin Geck follows the course of Bach's career in rich detail--from his humble beginnings as an organ tuner and self-taught court musician to his role as Kapellmeister and cantor of St. Thomas's Church in Leipzig. Geck explores Bach's relations with the German aristocracy, his position with regard to the Church and contemporary theological debates, his perfectionism, and his role as the devoted head of a large family.

The focus in this comprehensive, thoroughly researched book is on the extraordinary work that came of the composer's life. From the Goldberg Variations to the Brandenburg Concertos to the Art of the Fugue, Geck carefully analyzes Bach's innovations in harmony and counterpoint, placing them in the context of European musical and social history. Always fresh and stimulating, this definitive work reintroduces Bach's enormous oeuvre in all its splendor.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Martin Geck is the widely acclaimed author of numerous works on classical music, including a survey of its history from Beethoven to Mahler. He is a professor of musicology at the University of Dortmund in Germany.

Martin Geck is the author of numerous works on classical music, including a survey of its history from Beethoven to Mahler. He is a professor of musicology at the University of Dortmund in Germany.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Johann Sebastian Bach Life and Work
Verlag: Harcourt, Orlando
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: VG+/VG+