Bach (Life & Times S.) - Hardcover

Geck, Martin

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ISBN 10: 1904341357 ISBN 13: 9781904341352

Publisher: Haus Publishing, 2008

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This is one title in a series of short, illustrated biographies. They tell the stories of those who have shaped our present and our past, from Beethoven to Dietrich and from Einstein to Churchill. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) can be thought of as the father of modern music, a supreme craftsman able to bridge the gap between the music of the Renaissance and the glories of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. This biography shows us Bach in his time, offering a portrait of the personal, political and social circumstances that shaped some of the greatest music ever written. It analyses Bach's musical achievement and considers why music such as the "Brandenburg Concertos" and the "St Matthew Passion" continues to hold its appeal centuries later.

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"This compact, useful book is handsomely prepared and fortified with multitudinous prints of all sorts . . . There is a wealth of distilled information about the master's life and music."

About the Author:

Martin Geck studied musicology, theology and philosophy at Munster, Berlin and Kiel. He took his doctorate in 1962 and in 1966 became the founding editor of the Gesamtausgabe of the works of Richard Wagner. He wrote a number of musicological textbooks and was appointed full professor of musicology at Dortmund University in 1976. He has edited and written many books, articles and entries into encyclopaedic works on the history of German music in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, concentrating on the work of Schutz, Buxtehude, Brahms, Bach, Beethoven, E T A Hoffmann, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Wagner. He is also the author of Beethoven (Haus Publishing, 2003).

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