The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents
Christoph Wolff
ISBN 10: 0393319563 ISBN 13: 9780393319569
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
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Through hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The New Bach Reader, Christoph Wolff has incorporated numerous facsimiles and added many newly discovered items, reflecting the current state of scholarship about the composer's life and music. The readings in this volume provide an accurate and vivid picture of Bach's world and of his far-reaching influence.
About the Author: Christoph Wolff is Adams University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, where he taught from 1976 to 2012. A former director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, Germany, he is the author of numerous works of music history including Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography, and Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788–1791, winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Wolff lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Title: The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good