Bibliograph

Bach, music in the castle of heaven, John Eliot Gardiner

Type

Label

Bach, music in the castle of heaven, John Eliot Gardiner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bach

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

861517483

Responsibility statement

John Eliot Gardiner

Sub title

music in the castle of heaven

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

Table Of 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."

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