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Author:

Gardiner, John Eliot.

Title:

Bach : music in the castle of heaven / John Eliot Gardiner.

Edition:

First United States edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxxiv, 628 pages, 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm

Subject:

Bach, Johann Sebastian,--1685-1750.
Composers--Germany--Biography.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain as Music in the castle of heaven, by Allen Lane"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Under the cantor's gaze -- Germany on the brink of enlightenment -- The Bach gene -- The class of '85 -- The mechanics of faith -- The incorrigible cantor -- Bach at his workbench -- Cantatas or coffee? -- Cycles and seasons -- First Passion -- His "Great Passion" -- Collision and collusion -- The habit of perfection -- "Old Bach."

Summary:

"From one of Bach's greatest living interpreters, a landmark study which explains in ... detail how the composer worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects--and what it can tell us about Bach the man"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0375415297 (hbk.)
9780375415296 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2013030398

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