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J. S. Bach
Peter Williams
其他書名
A Life in Music
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2007-02-15
主題
Music / General
Music / History & Criticism
Music / Genres & Styles / Classical
ISBN
1139461192
9781139461191
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=R2tkkPvcnDsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Peter Williams approaches afresh the life and music of arguably the most studied of all composers, interpreting both Bach's life by deconstructing his original obituary in the light of more recent information and his music by evaluating his priorities and irrepressible creative energy. How, even though belonging to musical families on both his parents' sides, did he come to possess so bewitching a sense of rhythm and melody and a mastery of harmony that established nothing less than a norm in Western culture? In considering that the works of a composer are his biography, the book's title A Life in Music means both a life spent making music and one revealed in the music as we know it. A distinguished scholar and performer, Williams re-examines Bach's life as an orphan and family man, as an extraordinarily gifted composer and player and as an ambitious artist who never suffered fools gladly.