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Bach : a musical biography /
Peter Williams revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer's interests and priorities.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Maps ; 1 Map of northern Germany in the time of J.S. Bach ; 2 Map of Thuringia and Saxony in the time of J.S. Bach ; Part I Life and works.
- 1 Early years, 1685-1703: background, family, studies 'Honourable Thuringians' ; Birth, family ; Loss of parents ; Earliest musical activities? ; Copying music and the 'moonlight episode' ; The move to Lüneburg ; Composing in Lüneburg? ; Visits to Hamburg.
- Influential composers: Böhm and Reinken Johann Christoph's albums and some early compositions ; French and Italian tastes ; 2 First appointments, 1703-1708: a young musician's activities and early works ; First Weimar appointment ; The Arnstadt appointment.
- A further note on 'early works' Further influences, 1700-1715 ; The visit to Buxtehude, and the 'Arnstadt Chorales' ; Lübeck, the cantatas, Passacaglia and other works ; The Mühlhausen appointment ; Mühlhausen and 'early cantatas' ; The Mühlhausen letter and other writing.
- First marriage, and some cantatas of the time Letters and writing ; 3 Weimar, 1708-1717: the gifted player at a ducal court ; Heard by a duke ; The Weimar appointment ; Early years in Weimar ; Cantatas in Weimar, 1 ; Musical development: counterpoint, variations, concertos.