Peter Williams (University of Edinburgh)

Broschiertes Buch

Bach

Beschreibung

J. S. Bach composed some of the best-loved and most moving music in western culture. In this book, Peter Williams, author of the acclaimed J. S. Bach: A Life in Music, revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music, especially that for keyboard.

Autor

Peter Williams (1937-2016) held the first Chair in Performance Practice in Britain at the University of Edinburgh, where he was first Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords and latterly Dean of Music. He was also the first Arts and Sciences Distinguished Chair at Duke University, North Carolina. His first book on Bach was for the BBC in 1970. After then, he focused chiefly on music for the organ (with the three-volume Organ Music of J. S. Bach, Cambridge, 1980-84); on music for the harpsichord (with Art of Fugue, 1986, and Bach: The Goldberg Variations, Cambridge, 2001); and on music for ensemble (with Musical Offering, 1986). In more recent years, he focused on biography, with The Life of Bach (Cambridge, 2003) and J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Cambridge, 2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 722
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1208g
• ISBN-13: 9781316504864
• ISBN-10: 1316504867
• Artikelnr.: 58455734