Lynn Edwards Butler, Christoph Wolff

The Organs of J. S. Bach (eBook, ePUB)

A Handbook

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Organs of J. S. Bach is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to the organs encountered by Bach throughout Germany in his roles as organist, concert artist, examiner, teacher, and visitor. Newly revised and updated, the book's entries are listed alphabetically by geographical location, from Arnstadt to Zschortau, providing an easy-to-reference overview. Detailed organ-specific information includes high-quality color photographs, each instrument's history and its connection to Bach, its disposition as Bach would have known it, architectural histories of the churches housing the instruments, and identification of church organists._x000B__x000B_Lynn Edwards Butler's graceful translation of Christoph Wolff and Markus Zepf's volume incorporates new research and many corrections and updates to the original German edition. Bibliographical references are updated to include English-language sources, and the translation includes an expanded essay by Christoph Wolff on Bach as organist, organ composer, and organ expert. The volume includes maps, a timeline of organ-related events, transcriptions of Bach's organ reports, a guide to examining organs attributed to Saxony's most famous organ builder Gottfried Silbermann, and biographical information on organ builders._x000B__x000B_Publication of this volume is supported by the American Bach Society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780252093913
• Artikelnr.: 40006731