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Bach and the patterns of invention / Laurence Dreyfus.
| Author/creator | Dreyfus, Laurence, 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©1996. |
| Description | 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | What is an invention? -- Composing against the grain -- The ideal ritornello -- The status of a genre -- Matters of kind -- Figments of the organicist imagination -- On Bach's style -- Bach as critic of Enlightenment. |
| Abstract | In this major new interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, the author explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics. "Invention"--the word Bach and his contemporaries used for the musical idea that is behind or that generates a composition--emerges as an invaluable key in Dreyfus's analysis. Looking at important pieces in a range of genres, including concertos, sonatas, fugues, and vocal works, he focuses on the fascinating construction of the invention, the core musical subject, and then shows how Bach disposes, elaborates, and decorates it in structuring his composition. This book brings us fresh understanding of Bach's working methods, and how they differed from those of the other leading composers of his day. We also learn here about Bach's unusual appropriations of French and Italian styles - and about the elevation of various genres far above their conventional status. |
| Local note | Little-304223--305131009915. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 96032275 |
| ISBN | 0674060059 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Item has been checked out | ML410.B1 D63 1996 | Due 09/14/2026 | Want This? |