The New Bach Reader: Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents by HT David  (1)
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Williams is thoroughly honest, and honestly thorough, in sifting through the facts, assessing their robustness, and setting them in the context of Bachs actual music, and equally important, the traditions and philosophies of eighteenth-century Lutheran Germany - warts and all In its rationality and calm authority, Williams biography lays to rest much of the confusion relating to the pieces in one of musical historys most frustrating incomplete jigsaws. The Scotsman
This is a rich yet unassuming book for which we should long be grateful. Musical Times
as well rounded and full a life of the composer as we shall probably ever have. Contemporary Review
' Professor Williams may shatter a few illusions, he will certainly make you think and he brings a refreshingly novel appraoch to the telling of Bach's lifestory A thoroughly good read.' London Bach Society
' a book which is both informative and entertaining. Do not be fooled by its relative brevity: this is, in many ways, a revelatory book, and should be on the bookshelves of every inquisitive musician.' Organists Review
'As a companion to his musicological studies of Bach's organ works reviewed above, the disciples of Peter Williams will find his new biography of the composer required reading his insights are illuminating.' Classical Music
' stimulating book ' Early Music Review
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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 Williamss thoroughly new look at Bachs 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 composers 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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Williams is thoroughly honest, and honestly thorough, in sifting through the facts, assessing their robustness, and setting them in the context of Bachs actual music, and equally important, the traditions and philosophies of eighteenth-century Lutheran Germany - warts and all In its rationality and calm authority, Williams biography lays to rest much of the confusion relating to the pieces in one of musical historys most frustrating incomplete jigsaws. The Scotsman
This is a rich yet unassuming book for which we should long be grateful. Musical Times
as well rounded and full a life of the composer as we shall probably ever have. Contemporary Review
' Professor Williams may shatter a few illusions, he will certainly make you think and he brings a refreshingly novel appraoch to the telling of Bach's lifestory A thoroughly good read.' London Bach Society
' a book which is both informative and entertaining. Do not be fooled by its relative brevity: this is, in many ways, a revelatory book, and should be on the bookshelves of every inquisitive musician.' Organists Review
'As a companion to his musicological studies of Bach's organ works reviewed above, the disciples of Peter Williams will find his new biography of the composer required reading his insights are illuminating.' Classical Music
' stimulating book ' Early Music Review
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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 Williamss thoroughly new look at Bachs 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 composers 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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Johann Sebastian Bach belongs [sic] to a family in all of whose members equally a love for and skill in music seem, as a common gift, to have been imparted by nature. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Johann Sebastian Bach belongs [sic] to a family in all of whose members equally a love for and skill in music seem, as a common gift, to have been imparted by nature. Read the first page
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