Johann Sebastian Bach : the learned musician / Christoph Wolff.
- 作者： Wolff, Christoph.
- 出版： New York, NY ;London : W.W. Norton & Company c2013.
- 主題： Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. , Composers.--Germany--Biography.--Biography.
- 版本：Updated ed.
- ISBN： 9780393322569 (pbk.) 、 0393322564 (pbk.)
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-554) and indexes.
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- 系統號： 005154594 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
摘要註
"Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship. Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between the composer's life and his music, showing how Bach's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher. And throughout, we see Bach in the broader context of his time: its institutions, traditions, and influences. With this highly readable book, Wolff sets a new standard for Bach biography."--Amazon.com
內容註
General abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the updated edition -- Preface -- Prologue: Bach and the notion of "musical science" -- Springs of musical talent and lifelong influences: Eisenach, 1685-1695 -- Laying the foundations: Ohrdruf, 1695-1700 -- Bypassing a musical apprenticeship: from Lu?neburg to Weimar, 1700-1703 -- Building a reputation: organist in Arnstadt and Mu?hlhausen, 1703-1708 -- Exploring "every possible artistry": court organist and Cammer Musicus in Weimar, 1708-1714 -- Expanding musical horizons: concertmaster in Weimar, 1714-1717 -- Pursing "the musical contest for superiority": Capellmeister in Co?then, 1717-1723 -- Redefining a venerable office: cantor and music director in Leipzig: the 1720s -- Musician and scholar: counterpoint of practice and theory -- Traversing conventional boundaries: special engagements: the 1730s -- A singing bird and carnations for the lady of the house: domestic and professional life -- Contemplating past, present, and future: the final decade: the 1740s -- Epilogue: Bach and the idea of "musical perfection."