Bach: An Extraordinary Life (An Extraordinary Life (ABRSM))

Moroney, Davitt

ISBN 10: 1860961908 ISBN 13: 9781860961908

Publisher: ABRSM, 2000

Synopsis

Written by Bach specialist and leading harpsichordist Davitt Moroney, this book is a witty, lucid and revealing account of Bach's life. It is a perceptive assessment of the composer's genius and will be of great interest to concert-goers, CD collectors, social historians and students.

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Review

Davitt Moroney's slim volume skilfully packs a great deal of information into its 100-plus pages... Piecing together the fragmentary remarks we have about Bach's character, Moroney vividly brings him to life in five carefully-organised chapters. One appealing feature is the inclusion of diverting contemporary anecdotes about Bach's attitude to food, drink and tobacco - basically he seems to have liked them all. (Early Music Today)

Moroney's prose makes gripping reading, much like a good novel. This book will open your eyes to a side of Bach with which you might not be familiar - a determined, sometimes stubborn, competitive, humorous man, but above all a human-being. (Early Music News)

A short and delightful book...This book is eminently readable and very refreshing. The only complaint is that one wishes it could have been longer. (IPQ)

Charming book. Well worth having. (Flutewise)

Synopsis

Written by Bach specialist and leading harpsichordist Davitt Moroney. A witty, lucid and revealing account of Bach's life. Perceptive assessment of the composer's genius. Of great interest to concert-goers, CD collectors, social historians and students.

Edition details

• Publisher: ABRSM
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860961908
• ISBN 13: 9781860961908
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 128