Description
| Product ID: | 9780415974004 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach |
| Authors: | Author: David Schulenberg |
| Page Count: | 544 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750), Composers and songwriters, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, c 1600 to c 1700, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Intended as a practical guide and an interpretive study, this book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice. The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide and an interpretive study, the book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice, followed by fifteen chapters on the individual works, treated in roughly chronological order. The works discussed include all of Bach''s individual keyboard compositions as well as those comprising his famous collections, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier, the English and French Suites, and the Art of Fugue. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-08-24 |