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In this third edition, Boyd demonstrate how the circumstances of Bach's life helped to shape the music he wrote at various periods. We follow Bach as he travels from Arnstadt and Muhlhausen to Leipzig, providing insightful discussions of the great composer's organ and orchestral compositio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, Malcolm
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:Master musicians series.
Subjects:
Bach, Johann Sebastian, > 1685-1750.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, > 1685-1750
Bach, Johann Sebastian > 1685-1750
Bach, Johann Sebastian.
Composers > Germany > Biography.
Compositeurs > Allemagne > Biographies.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Composers
Germany
Composers > Germany > 18th century > Biography.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In this third edition, Boyd demonstrate how the circumstances of Bach's life helped to shape the music he wrote at various periods. We follow Bach as he travels from Arnstadt and Muhlhausen to Leipzig, providing insightful discussions of the great composer's organ and orchestral compositions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index.
ISBN:9780199726325
0199726329
0195142233
9780195142235
019985078X
9780199850785