Peter Wiliams approaches afresh the life and music of arguably the most
studied of all composers, interpreting both Bach’s life by
deconstructing his original Obituary in the light of new information,
and his music by evaluating his priorities and irrepressible creative
energy. How, though belonging to musical families on both his parents’
sides, did he come to possess so bewitching a sense of rhythm and
melody, and a mastery of harmony that established nothing less than a
norm in western culture? In considering that the works of a composer are
his biography, the book's title 'A Life in Music' means both a life
spent making music and one revealed in the music as we know it. A
distinguished scholar and performer, Williams re-examines Bach’s life as
an orphan and a family man, as an extraordinarily gifted composer and
player, and an energetic and ambitious artist who never suffered fools
gladly.
Cambridge University Press | ISBN 0521870747 | 2007 | PDF | 3.84 MB | 418 pages
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