This basic, one-volume study of Johann Sebastian Bach combines a sensitive biographical sketch with a detailed analysis of each of his major types of composition, including vocal music, organ music, keyboard music, and instrumental music. In each section, Geiringer thoroughly examines many Bach compositions and evaluates them in relation to the rest of the composer's work, as well as in relation to the music of his contemporaries. More than seventy musical examples enable the reader to understand how Bach worked and to observe his music in various stages of completion. In addition, an interesting aspect of research methods is revealed through an explanation of the techniques used in studying handwriting, paper, and watermarks in the original sources.
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"The best source for my rather unusual task, which is to teach a course on Bach for non-majors. I especially appreciate the chapter on Baroque style and form."--Steven C. Krantz, St. Anselm College
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Karl Geiringer wrote compelling and informative biographies that are concise yet musically mature and insightful. This book is divided into two parts. The first third of the book (106 pages) is a narrative of Bach's life. Part II has a short essay on Bach's musical heritage that describes the musical resources and forms that were in force in Bach's time.
Part III discusses the great composer's music by type rather than in chronological order. This helps us compare the various compositions in each genre and see the compositional choices Bach made and how he developed as a composer. This is a fine book for the general reader, student, or professional musician.
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THE history of Johann Sebastian Bach's paternal ancestors can be traced back through five generations, thanks to a unique chronicle in which the composer himself took a hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fugal elaboration, chorale arrangement, ensuing fugue, canonic elaboration, clavier works, clavier music, director musices, optional dances, chorale lines, chorale partita, quadruple fugue, court conductor, clavier concerto, imitative voices, canonic variations, initial chorus, chorale text, chorale fantasia, chorale harmonization, introductory chorus, introductory movement, chorale melody, organ chorales, first fugue, final chorale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas Cantor, Johann Christoph, Sebastian Bach, Matthew Passion, Johann Sebastian, New York, Anna Magdalena, John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Collegium Musicum, Johann Ernst, English Suites, Emanuel Bach, Prince Leopold, Ernst August, Wilhelm Friedemann, Good Friday, Friedrich August, Jesus Christ, Brandenburg Concerto, Friedemann Bach, Holy Ghost, Johann Kuhnau, Salomo Franck, Wilhelm Ernst New!
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THE history of Johann Sebastian Bach's paternal ancestors can be traced back through five generations, thanks to a unique chronicle in which the composer himself took a hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fugal elaboration, chorale arrangement, ensuing fugue, canonic elaboration, clavier works, clavier music, director musices, optional dances, chorale lines, chorale partita, quadruple fugue, court conductor, clavier concerto, imitative voices, canonic variations, initial chorus, chorale text, chorale fantasia, chorale harmonization, introductory chorus, introductory movement, chorale melody, organ chorales, first fugue, final chorale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas Cantor, Johann Christoph, Sebastian Bach, Matthew Passion, Johann Sebastian, New York, Anna Magdalena, John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Collegium Musicum, Johann Ernst, English Suites, Emanuel Bach, Prince Leopold, Ernst August, Wilhelm Friedemann, Good Friday, Friedrich August, Jesus Christ, Brandenburg Concerto, Friedemann Bach, Holy Ghost, Johann Kuhnau, Salomo Franck, Wilhelm Ernst New!
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- Englishche Suiten (Music Scores) by Johann Sebastian Bach on 9 pages
- Goldberg Variations: Piano Solo (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) by Ralph Kirkpatrick on 5 pages
- Organ Works by Johann Sebastian Bach on 5 pages
- French Suites: Piano Solo by Johann Sebastian Bach on 4 pages
- Little Preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach on 4 pages
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- The New Grove Bach Family (The New Grove Series) by Christoph Wolff on page 220
- Bach (Master Musicians) by Malcolm Boyd in Back Matter
- My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipleship in the Music of Bach (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series) by Calvin R. Stapert in Back Matter
- The Gift of Music (Expanded and Revised, 3rd Edition): Great Composers and Their Influence by Jane Stuart Smith on page 38
- Bach Perspectives: VOL. 5: Bach in America by Stephen A. Crist on page 153
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