The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sources, the Style, the SignificanceSchirmer Books, 1989 - 375 pagina's The 16 essays collected here of two kinds: stylistic and historical inquiries, and studies of the original sources. The articles deal with the music and shed new light on the composer's life. Part 1 reconsiders Bach's historical position and assesses the cultural significance of his achievement; Parts 2, 3 and 4 draw upon the original sources to explore the compositional process, questions of authenticity and chronology, and controversial issues of performance practice. |
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Bach Johann Sebastian | 3 |
BWV 974 mm 28b47 103 | 4 |
I | 9 |
Observations on His Later Works | 23 |
Bachs Orchestre 655 | 59 |
On Bachs Universality | 77 |
Composing Scores and Fair Copies | 83 |
BMW 1314 mm 20867 | 88 |
BWV 1053 Wie zittern und wanken mm 121a | 146 |
A Lutheran Composers | 161 |
The Autograph Scores and | 175 |
BWV 2321 mm 110 | 177 |
III | 191 |
BWV 906 mm | 194 |
A Reconsideration | 201 |
IV | 227 |
BWV 331 mm 99110 | 94 |
BWV 1121 mm | 100 |
BWV 118¹ mm 118 | 108 |
The Sketches | 111 |
BWV 24831 Draft for Schliesse | 118 |
BWV 651 Drafts for mm 1923a | 128 |
The Autograph Score of Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht | 135 |
BWV 1055 mm 14 | 136 |
Suspicious Performance Indications | 241 |
BWV 1021 mm 111a | 243 |
Original Continuo Part in the hand of Johann Andreas Kuh | 253 |
The Original Terminology | 255 |
Organ or Klavier? Instrumental Prescriptions in | 271 |
Notes | 295 |
Bibliography | 341 |
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