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100 1  Williams, Peter, |d1937 May 14-2016 |=^A36405
245 10 J.S. Bach : |ba life in music / |cPeter Williams.
260    Cambridge : |bCambridge University Press, |c2007.
300    xi, 405 pages : |bmaps, music ; |c24 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-391) and indexes.
505 00  |tEarly years 1685-1703. |tHonourable Thuringians ; |tBirth, family ; |tLoss of parents ; |tThe 'Moonlight episode' ; |tThe move to Luneburg ; |tVisits to Hamburg ; |tFrench tastes -- |tFirst appointments 1703-8. |tThe Arnstadt appointment ; |tFurther influences ; |tFrom Arnstadt to Lubeck ; |tBuxtehude ; |tThe Muhlhausen appointment ; |tThe Muhlhausen organ ; |tFirst marriage ; |tLetters and writing -- |tWeimar 1708-17. |tHeard by a duke ; |tThe Weimar appointment ; |tWeimar organ competition ; |tOther development in Weimar ; |tThe Halle audition ; |tMusic for Halle? ; |tThe Weimar production and cantatas ; |tPupils in Weimar ; |tThe competition with Marchand -- |tCothen 1717-23. |tThe call to Cothen ; |tThe move to Cothen ; |tThe Cothen appointment ; |tThe 'Brandenburg concertos' ; |tSome other music at Cothen ; |tDeath of wife Maria Barbara ; |tThe Hamburg recital (audition?) ; |tSecond marriage ; |tSome other musical activities ; |tThe family -- |tLeipzig, the first years. |tCall to Leipzig ; |tThe appointment procedure ; |tNew life in Leipzig ; |tThe place of cantatas ; |tSome other music ; |tFurther cantata cycles ; |tThe passions ; |tOther musical activities -- |tLeipzig, the middle years. |tThe collegium musicum and chamber repertories ; |tThe first published set of pieces ; |tThe royal title and associated music ; |tOrgans and organ music ; |tHarpsichord music ; |tOther musical developments ; |tOther activities -- |tLeipzig, the final years. |tConcerning the last decade ; |tThe art of fugue ; |tThe visit to Potsdam ; |tThe B minor mass ; |tBlindness ; |tDeathbed and death -- |tObservations, descriptions, criticisms. |tCircumstances at the Thomaskirche ; |tThe letter to Georg Erdmann ; |tThe collegium obsolescent? ; |tOrgans and harpsichords ; |tHidden secrets of harmony ; |tSerious and profound music ; |tA light and playful manner of thinking ; |tThe score-reader ; |tThe keyboard player ; |tThe organ expert ; |tScheibe's criticism ; |tCharacter, quarrels ; |t'Theoretical speculations' ; |tTuning and temperament ; |tThe teacher ; |tWhat was taught ; |tA note on the four-part chorales ; |tA speculation concerning W.F. Bach -- |gEpilogue. |tConcerning the life ; |tConcerning the music ; |tTexts, 'appropriate' music, order-plans, parodies ; |tA brief note on aesthetics.
520    Explores the life of Bach through his original Obituary, exploring what the work reveals about Bach's musical style, inspirations, and ambitions.
600 10 Bach, Johann Sebastian, |d1685-1750. |=^A15801
650  0 Composers |zGermany |vBiography. |=^A412636
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