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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Johann Sebastian Bach; Johann Sebastian Bach; Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Malcolm Boyd |
| ISBN: | 0195142225 9780195142228 0195142233 9780195307719 0195307712 9780195142235 |
| OCLC Number: | 44045654 |
| Description: | xvi, 312 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | PREFACE; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES; A NOTE ON CURRENCY; EARLY WORKS; CHORAL SETTINGS; PRELUDES AND FUGUES; MISCELLANEOUS ORGAN WORKS; CONCERTOS; ORCHESTRAL SUITES; INSTRUMENTAL WORKS; KEYBOARD WORKS; CANTATAS; MOTETS AND MAGNIFICAT; PASSIONS; ORATORIOS AND MASSES; HARPISCHORD CONCERTOS; THE CLAVIER-UBUNG; APPENDICES; A. CALENDAR; B. LIST OF WORKS; C. PERSONALIA; D. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; GENERAL INDEX; INDEX OF BACH'S WORKS |
| Series Title: | Master musicians series. |
| Responsibility: | Malcolm Boyd. |
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<br>"Boyd's Bach, with its array of illuminating musical illustrations and insights, will doubtless be of great interest both to musicians and to those who find in Bach the 'refreshment of the spirit' promised on the title pages of his music, and delivered with prodigious frequency."--Christian ScienceMonitor<p><br>"Malcolm Boyd's Bach is the best short biography of Bach available today. It is concise, insightful, up-to-date, and a joy to use. For anyone interested in Bach's life and music, it is a 'must read.'"--George B. Stauffer, President of the American Bach Society<p><br>"In light of the substantial amount of research that has taken place since the early 1980s, a new edition of the Bach volume is timely. Particularly impressive is Boyd's ability to integrate biographical and stylistic details into the body of the text in a manner that engages and informs the reader."--Don Franklin, University of Pittsburgh<p><br>"In my opinion, it is the best English-language book of its kind. Boyd seems to have a special knack for sifting through mountains of material, culling the most essential information, and not getting hung up in secondary details. There really are no comparable books on the market at present."--Stephen A. Crist, Professor of Music, Emory University<p><br> Read more...
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