Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering - Dirst, Matthew (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University o
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Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering unpacks two closely related masterworks from the composer's final decade. Bach scholar and keyboard player Matthew Dirst provides essential background on this music, explains its specialized vocabulary and distinctive procedures, offers close readings of individual movements, and synthesizes what we know about both original editions. Additional features include a curated survey of the historical reception of this music in various media and suggestions in each chapter for further reading.

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Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering unpacks two closely related masterworks from the composer's final decade. Bach scholar and keyboard player Matthew Dirst provides essential background on this music, explains its specialized vocabulary and distinctive procedures, offers close readings of individual movements, and synthesizes what we know about both original editions. Additional features include a curated survey of the historical reception of this music in various media and suggestions in each chapter for further reading.
Autorenporträt
Matthew Dirst is an organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and musicologist. Professor of Music at the University of Houston, he is also Artistic Director of Ars Lyrica Houston and appears regularly with other ensembles. He is the author of Engaging Bach: The Keyboard Legacy from Marpurg to Mendelssohn and the editor of Bach and the Organ. A Grammy nominee for his work with Ars Lyrica (Best Opera 2011), Dirst recorded Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Acis) in 2023.