| #424578 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 2012-07-23 | 2012-05-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.98 x.94 x5.98l,1.50 | File Name: 0521306833 | 418 pages |
||40 of 42 people found the following review helpful.| For the specialist, not first-timers|By Customer|This book provides a useful different way of looking at Bach's life and music by working almost sentence by sentence through the well-known Obituary of 1750/1754 by C.P.E. Bach and Agricola. Williams doesn't hesitate to grapple with thorny issues, nor to question interpretations/speculations we may have become comfortable wit||2007 Outstanding Academic Title -- Choice Magazine
"... its freshness of approach and practical knowledge of the music are enthralling." --The Herald
"Peter Williams' observations in this ... well-written volume add an
Peter Williams approaches afresh the life and music of arguably the most studied of all composers, interpreting both Bach's life by deconstructing his original obituary in the light of more recent information and his music by evaluating his priorities and irrepressible creative energy. How, even though belonging to musical families on both his parents' sides, did he come to possess so bewitching a sense of rhythm and melody and a mastery of harmony that established noth...
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.J. S. Bach: A Life in Music | Peter Williams.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
