The New Grove Bach family / Christoph Wolff, Walter Emery, Richard Jones, Eugene Helm, Ernest Warburton, Ellwood S. Derr.

Format Book
Edition1st American edition in book form with additions.
Publication InfoNew York : Norton, 1983.
Description15 unnumbered pages, 372 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm.
Subjects

Other author/creatorWolff, Christoph.
Other author/creatorEmery, Walter, 1909-1974.
Other author/creatorJones, Richard Douglas.
Other author/creatorHelm, E. Eugene.
Other author/creatorWarburton, Ernest.
Other author/creatorDerr, Ellwood.
Portion of title Bach family
SeriesThe Composer biography series
Composer biography series. ^A665630
Contents Introduction / Christoph Wolff. List of musicians ; Family history -- Johann Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Christoph Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Michael Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Nicolaus Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Bernhard Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Ludwig Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Sebastian Bach / Walter Emery, Christoph Wolff, Nicholas Temperley. Childhood ; Luneburg ; Arnstadt ; Muhlhausen ; Weimar ; Cothen ; Leipzig: 1723-9 ; Leipzig: 1729-39 ; Leipzig: 1739-50 ; Iconography ; Sources, repertory ; Background, style, influences ; Cantatas ; Oratorios, passions, Latin works ; Motets, chorales, songs ; Organ music ; Harpsichord and lute music ; Orchestral music ; Chamber music ; Canons, 'Musical offering', 'Art of fugue' ; Methods of composition ; Bach revival -- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach / Eugene Helm -- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Eugene Helm. The early years ; Berlin ; Hamburg ; Keyboard music ; Orchestral and chamber music ; Vocal music ; The essay -- Johann Ernst Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach / Eugene Helm -- Johann Christian Bach / Ernest Warburton. German and Italy ; London, 1762-72 ; Mannheim and London, 1772-8 ; The last years ; Church music and oratorio ; Operas ; Orchestral music ; Keyboard and chamber music ; Reputation -- Johann Michael Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach / Christoph Wolff.
Abstract This composite volume centered on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach examines the work of all the members of the Bach family. Linked by a family tree which clarifies the genealogy of this complex family, each of the major figures is covered in a separate chapter with a review of the composer's life and works, complemented by a thorough work-list, bibliography, and index. The work-lists of J. S., C. P. E., and J. C. Bach have been considerably revised and updated in light of research conducted since the publication of The New Grove. In an introductory chapter Christoph Wolff provides a full list of family members, including biographical details, and discusses the family's history.
General noteFirst published in the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index.
Other titleNew Grove dictionary of music and musicians.
ISBN0393016846 :

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Music Music Stacks ML410.B14 N48 1983 ✔ Available Place Hold