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"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2013.
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| Edition: | First United States edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Under the cantor's gaze
- Germany on the brink of enlightenment
- The Bach gene
- The class of '85
- The mechanics of faith
- The incorrigible cantor
- Bach at his workbench
- Cantatas or coffee?
- Cycles and seasons
- First Passion
- His "Great Passion"
- Collision and collusion
- The habit of perfection
- "Old Bach."