Basically Bach : a 300th birthday celebration / Herbert Kupferberg.
| Author/creator | Kupferberg, Herbert |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1985. |
| Description | viii, 198 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Bach and the cosmos -- The sayings of J. S. Bach -- Bach: pro and con -- Zimmermann's coffee house -- All in the family -- The Hungarian connection -- The other sebastians -- Postwar music -- What else was new -- Bach's lost childhood -- Bach's job resume -- Bach in love -- Bach's opus 1 -- Two wives and twenty children -- Bach's son-in-law -- Bach and Handel -- The third man -- Bach in jail -- Bach at the table -- The pedagogical Bach -- Bach versus Ernesti -- The great organ competition -- Bach's instruments -- Bach as a plagiarist -- Bach's religion -- Bach and the opera -- Bach and the dance -- Bach and women -- Bach among the aristocrats -- The heart of the fugue -- What Bach read and wrote -- The medical Bach -- Bach's burials -- Bach, bismarck, and the biographers -- Life after Bach -- Bach and Mendelssohn -- Matthaus or Matthew? -- Mr. Wesley meets Mr. Bach -- Bach and Schweitzer -- Bach in America -- The Bach virtuosi -- Hyphenated Bach -- Updating Bach -- The lost Bach -- P. D. Q.: the prodigal son -- Bach's puntheon -- The making of a Bach specialist -- Bach in literature -- Toward the 400th -- Appendixes. Bach chronology ; Bach glossary ; Bach festivals in the United States ; Brief Bach bibliography. |
| Abstract | A light-hearted look at the life of, life with, and life after Johann Sebastian Bach. A lively celebration of the great composer's 300th birthday in 1985. Includes information, anecdotes and quotations of and about Bach - pro and con, point and counterpoint. |
| Local note | Little-245041 - $8.22 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index. |
| LCCN | 84026084 |
| ISBN | 0070356467 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.B1 K85 1985 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |