The New Grove Bach family / Christoph Wolff, Walter Emery, Richard Jones, Eugene Helm, Ernest Warburton and Ellwood S. Derr
By: Wolff, Christoph [author]
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Contributor(s): Emery, Walter [author] | Jones, Richard Douglas [author] | Helm, E. Eugene [author] | Warburton, Ernest [author] | Derr, Ellwood [author].
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BookSeries: Composer biography series: Publisher: London : Papermac Macmillan 1983Description: 372 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0333343506 (paperback).Subject(s): Bach family | Composers -- Germany -- BiographyDDC classification: 780.92 BAC | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 BAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00205608 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This composite volume centered on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach examines the work of all the members of the Bach family.
"First published in the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians ... 1980"--Title page verso
Bibliography: (pages 351-353) and index.
Johann Bach ; Johann Christoph Bach ; Johann Michael Bach ; Johann Nicolaus Bach ; Johann Bernhard Bach ; Johann Ludwig Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Sebastian Bach / Walter Emery, Christoph Wolff and Nicholas Temperley -- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Eugene Helm -- Johann Ernst Bach / Christoph Wolff -- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach / Eugene Helm -- Johann Christian Bach / Ernest Warburton -- Johann Michael Bach ; Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach / Christoph Wolff.
Traces the life and discusses the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach and the other musician members of his family
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction (p. 1)
- List of musicians (p. 2)
- Family history (p. 17)
- 1. Johann Bach (p. 30)
- 2. Johann Christoph Bach (13) (p. 32)
- 3. Johann Michael Bach (14) (p. 36)
- 4. Johann Nicolaus Bach (27) (p. 38)
- 5. Johann Bernhard Bach (18) (p. 40)
- 6. Johann Ludwig Bach (3/72) (p. 42)
- 7. Johann Sebastian Bach (24) (p. 44)
- I Childhood (p. 45)
- II Luneburg (p. 48)
- III Arnstadt (p. 53)
- IV Muhlhausen (p. 56)
- V Weimar (p. 59)
- VI Cothen (p. 69)
- VII Leipzig: 1723-9 (p. 81)
- VIII Leipzig: 1729-39 (p. 93)
- IX Leipzig: 1739-50 (p. 105)
- X Iconography (p. 114)
- XI Sources, repertory (p. 115)
- XII Background, style, influences (p. 119)
- XIII Cantatas (p. 124)
- XIV Oratorios, Passions, Latin works (p. 133)
- XV Motets, chorales, songs (p. 140)
- XVI Organ music (p. 144)
- XVII Harpsichord and lute music (p. 148)
- XVIII Orchestral music (p. 155)
- XIX Chamber music (p. 159)
- XX Canons, 'Musical Offering', 'Art of Fugue' (p. 160)
- XXI Methods of composition (p. 163)
- XXII Bach Revival (p. 167)
- Work-list (p. 178)
- Bibliography (p. 215)
- 8. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (45) (p. 238)
- I Life (p. 238)
- II Works (p. 245)
- Work-list (p. 247)
- Bibliography (p. 250)
- 9. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (46) (p. 251)
- I The early years (p. 251)
- II Berlin (p. 257)
- III Hamburg (p. 265)
- IV Keyboard music (p. 273)
- V Orchestral and chamber music (p. 277)
- VI Vocal music (p. 282)
- VII The Essay (p. 286)
- Work-list (p. 288)
- Bibliography (p. 305)
- 10. Johann Ernst Bach (34) (p. 307)
- 11. Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (49) (p. 309)
- 12. Johann Christian Bach (50) (p. 315)
- I Germany and Italy (p. 315)
- II London, 1762-72 (p. 317)
- III Mannheim and London, 1772-8 (p. 321)
- IV The last years (p. 324)
- V Church music and oratorio (p. 327)
- VI Operas (p. 330)
- VII Orchestral music (p. 333)
- VIII Keyboard and chamber music (p. 337)
- IX Reputation (p. 339)
- Work-list (p. 341)
- Bibliography (p. 351)
- 13. Johann Michael Bach (p. 354)
- 14. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (84) (p. 356)
- Index (p. 358)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
He is a William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University, is coauthor of the Bach Compendium.(Bowker Author Biography)