xi, 382 pages : 24 cm

A biographical sketch combined with a detailed analysis of each of his major types of composition, including vocal music, organ music, keyboard music, and instrumental music. Many Bach compositions are examined and evaluated in relation to the rest of the composer's work, as well as in relation to the music of his contemporaries. More than seventy musical examples enable the reader to understand how Bach worked and to observe his music in various stages of completion

Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-358)

Part I: The life of Bach. The ancestors ; Apprenticeship (1685-1703) ; Years of growth (1703-1708) ; The great organist (1708-1717) ; Court conductor and princely friend (1717-1723) ; Thomas cantor and director musices (1723-1730) ; Friends and adversaries (1730-1740) ; Nearing the end (1740-1750) ; Conclusion : After 1750 -- Part II: Bach's artistic heritage -- Part III: The music of Bach. Introduction ; I. Works for voices and instruments. Sacred cantatas ; Motets ; Secular cantatas ; Oratorios ; Passions ; Magnificat ; Masses ; II. Works for organ solo. Early works for organ ; Weimar works ; Orgel-Büchlein ; Sonatas ; Clavier-Übung III ; Seventeen chorales ; Canonic variations ; III. Works for clavier solo. Early compositions ; Weimar works ; Clavier-Büchlein for Friedemann Bach ; Inventions and Sinfonias ; Well-tempered clavier I ; English and French suites ; Partitas ; French overture and Italian concerto ; Goldberg variations ; Well-tempered clavier II ; IV. Works for string and wind instruments ; Concertos. Compositions for violoncello solo and violin solo ; Lute compositions ; "Trios" for clavier and melody instrument ; Violin concertos ; Brandenburg concertos ; Harpsichord concertos ; Suites for orchestra ; Musical offering ; The art of the fugue

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