The Life of Bach
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Musical Lives
ISBN-10
0521533740
ISBN-13
9780521533744
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 18th, 2003
Print length
228 Pages
Weight
298 grams
Dimensions
14.10 x 21.50 x 1.50 cms
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This challenging 2003 biography asks many questions. What was Bach like as a young man, as a father, as an ageing church servant? How did he compose and perform so much music? And has our understanding of him been hindered by the deference displayed towards him since his death?
Bach, like Shakespeare, is known largely by his works, exceptional in quantity as well as quality, and only a few original documents convey any idea of his life and character. Peter Williams's 2003 look at Bach's biography asks many questions about the so-called evidence. What was he like as a young man, as a father, as an ageing church servant? What were his preoccupations? What music did he know and how did he compose and perform such an amazing amount of music? Was he a disappointed man? Reading the available documentation critically, especially from the viewpoint of a performer, and going back to the first substantial 'biography' of Bach, namely his Obituary, Williams suggests new interpretations of the composer's life and his work. In addition, he asks if our understanding of Bach has been hindered by the unremitting deference displayed towards him since his death.
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