Bach : music in the castle of heaven /

"From one of Bach's greatest living interpreters, a landmark study which explains in ... detail how the composer worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects--and what it can tell us about Bach the man"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardiner, John Eliot
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition:First United States edition.
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Description
Summary:"From one of Bach's greatest living interpreters, a landmark study which explains in ... detail how the composer worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects--and what it can tell us about Bach the man"--
Item Description:"Originally published in Great Britain as Music in the castle of heaven, by Allen Lane"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xxxiv, 628 pages, 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780375415296 (hbk.)
0375415297 (hbk.)