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The Faber Pocket Guide to Bach
About this book
The music of J.S.Bach has a unique power and attraction some 300 years after it was written. From annual performances of the great Passions and BBC Radio 3's hugely successful
Bach Christmas, to its use in adverts, films and popular arrangements, the imaginative strength of Bach's music continues to draw listeners to explore its mysteries.
This new Pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both the spiritual and the sensual in life.
Among the features of this easy-to-use book:
The Bach Top Ten
Bach: The music work by work
Performing Bach today
Bach: The life year by year
What people said about Bach
Accessible and easy to use, Nicholas Kenyon provides for the first time an up-to-date survey of all Bach's major works in the light of the latest research, from Masses to Cantatas, Concertos to Suites, and recommends the best CDs and further reading.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The Bach ‘Top 10’
- My Top 50 (or so) Bach
- Bach in sound and number
- Things people said about Bach
- Bach in the media
- Bach from 1750 to 2010
- BACH: THE LIFE
- BACH: THE MUSIC
- SACRED MUSIC
- SECULAR MUSIC
- Further reading
- Alphabetical index of Bach’s works
- Index of Bach’s works, ordered by BWV number
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright