The Cambridge companion to Bach / edited by John Butt.
| Other author | Butt, John. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description | xv, 326 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge companions to music Cambridge companions to music. ^A371619 |
| Contents | Part I. Historical context: society, beliefs and world-view. Bach family / Malcolm Boyd -- Bach and the domestic politics of electoral Saxony / Ulrich Siegele -- Music and Lutheranism / Robin A. Leaver -- Bach's metaphysics of music ; 'Mind unconscious that it is calculating': Bach and the rationalist philosophy of Wolff, Leibniz and Spinoza / John Butt -- Part II. Profiles of the music. Early works and the heritage of the seventeenth century / Stephen A. Crist -- Mature vocal works and their theological and liturgical context / Robin A. Leaver -- Instrumental music / Werner Breig -- Keyboard works: Bach as teacher and virtuoso / Richard D.P. Jones -- Composition as arrangement and adaptation / Werner Breig -- Bachian invention and its mechanisms / Laurence Dreyfus -- Part III. Influence and reception. Bach as teacher and model / Stephen Daw -- Changing issues of performance practice / George B. Stauffer -- Bach reception: some concepts and parameters ; Reinterpreting Bach in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Martin Zenck. |
| Abstract | This book goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. Benefiting from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, this Companion covers cultural, social and religious contexts, surveys and analyses Bach's compositional style, traces his influence, and considers the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. |
| Local note | Little-310399--305131025165W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-305) and index. |
| LCCN | 96022581 |
| ISBN | 052145350X |
| ISBN | 0521587808 (pbk.) |
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| Music | Item has been checked out | ML410.B1 C25 1997 | Due 09/14/2026 | Want This? |