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Peter Wiliams approaches afresh the life and music of arguably the most studied of all composers, interpreting both BachÇ'Ùs life by deconstructing his original Obituary in the light of new information, and his music by evaluating his priorities and irrepressible creative energy. How, though belonging to musical families on both his parentsÇ'Ù sides, did he come to possess so bewitching a sense of rhythm and melody, and a mastery of harmony that established nothing less than a norm in western culture? In considering that the works of a composer are his biography, the book's title 'A Life in Music' means both a life spent making music and one revealed in the music as we know it. A distinguished scholar and performer, Williams re-examines BachÇ'Ùs life as an orphan and a family man, as an extraordinarily gifted composer and player, and an energetic and ambitious artist who never suffered fools gladly.
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Title of
ebook: J. S. Bach
ISBN: 9780511275968
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Internet download file size: 4656 kb
Pages: 418
Released online for download: 12-31-2006
Author of eBook: Williams,Peter
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