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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198662084
ISBN-139780198662082
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Book TitleOxford Composer Companion: J. S. Bach
Number of Pages652 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenres & Styles / Classical, Reference
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic
AuthorMalcolm Boyd
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight42.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-019587
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"[O]rients readers well to current issues in Bach scholarship...[O]ffers many fascinating insights."--Books & Culture "This is an excellent first volume of a new series of extensive composer-based reference books from Oxford."--Library Journal "Black-and-white illustrations of Bach, his sons, places important in his life, a family tree, manuscripts of his works, and a map of his Germany enhance the text.... A significant resource on one of the most amazing performers who ever lived."--Booklist "A vast storehouse of information on almost everything you could want to know about this most universally revered of composers. Up to date with recent scholarship and research, it deals very readably with an immense field of subjects--Bach's life, family, friends, pupils and contemporaries, places connected with him, sources of his works, instruments (with specifications of organs he played), musical forms, publishers, scholars, and much more. Every single one of the cantatas is examined in considerable detail, as well as thePassionsand many other works, such as theBrandenburg Concertos, theArt of the Fugueor theClavier-Ubung."--Gramophone, 'thorougly researched and properly referenced articles on every subject conceivably relevant to Bach ... excellent ... invaluable resource'Classic CD, July 2000, 'belongs in the library of every serious Bach lover, providing a mine of information, readably and sometimes provocatively presented.' Martin Crompton, Piano, Jul/Aug 2000., 'Excellent biography of the composer .... one of the few attempts todistil the latest research and present it in a readily accessible form for thegeneral reader... Inevitably, a volume of this kind handles the more factuialinformation well .... There is much to applaud in this Companion and much torecommend.' Musical Times, Autumn 1999, "[O]rients readers well to current issues in Bach scholarship...[O]ffers many fascinating insights."--Books & Culture"This is an excellent first volume of a new series of extensive composer-based reference books from Oxford."--Library Journal"Black-and-white illustrations of Bach, his sons, places important in his life, a family tree, manuscripts of his works, and a map of his Germany enhance the text.... A significant resource on one of the most amazing performers who ever lived."--Booklist"A vast storehouse of information on almost everything you could want to know about this most universally revered of composers. Up to date with recent scholarship and research, it deals very readably with an immense field of subjects--Bach's life, family, friends, pupils and contemporaries, places connected with him, sources of his works, instruments (with specifications of organs he played), musical forms, publishers, scholars, and much more. Every single one of the cantatas is examined in considerable detail, as well as the Passions and many other works, such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Art of the Fugue or the Clavier-Ubung."--Gramophone, 'belongs in the library of every serious Bach lover, providing a mine ofinformation, readably and sometimes provocatively presented.'Martin Crompton, Piano, Jul/Aug 2000., 'A scholarly yet 'companionable' guide to the composer'BBC Music Magazine, selection of best books of 1999, December 1999, "[O]rients readers well to current issues in Bach scholarship...[O]ffers many fascinating insights."-- Books & Culture "This is an excellent first volume of a new series of extensive composer-based reference books from Oxford."-- Library Journal "Black-and-white illustrations of Bach, his sons, places important in his life, a family tree, manuscripts of his works, and a map of his Germany enhance the text.... A significant resource on one of the most amazing performers who ever lived."-- Booklist "A vast storehouse of information on almost everything you could want to know about this most universally revered of composers. Up to date with recent scholarship and research, it deals very readably with an immense field of subjects--Bach's life, family, friends, pupils and contemporaries, places connected with him, sources of his works, instruments (with specifications of organs he played), musical forms, publishers, scholars, and much more. Every single one of the cantatas is examined in considerable detail, as well as the Passions and many other works, such as the Brandenburg Concertos , the Art of the Fugue or the Clavier-Ubung ."-- Gramophone, 'thorougly researched and properly referenced articles on every subjectconceivably relevant to Bach ... excellent ... invaluable resource'Classic CD, July 2000, 'The Oxford Companion is a straightforward, A-Z reference book, containting more than 900 entries by more than 40 of the foremost Bach authorities in the world. The net is cast almost extravagantly wide, including entries for Schoenberg, Stravinsky and the Swingle Singers, and it is hard toimagine that there is an aspect of Bach, or his posthumous influence, not covered.' Martin Crompton, Piano, Jul/Aug. 2000., 'The Oxford Companion is a straightforward, A-Z reference book,containting more than 900 entries by more than 40 of the foremost Bachauthorities in the world. The net is cast almost extravagantly wide, includingentries for Schoenberg, Stravinsky and the Swingle Singers, and it is hard toimagine that there is an aspect of Bach, or his posthumous influence, notcovered.'Martin Crompton, Piano, Jul/Aug. 2000., 'Excellent book ... Alongside the few dozen longer articles on largertopics like "performance practice", there are several hundred succinctwell-written entries on every aspect of Bach and his cultural context by around50 leading Bach scholars ... the book is surprising enjoyable to dip into...brings off the difficult trick of being thorough, scholarly and yet"companionable" at the same time.' BBC Music, November 1999, 'Excellent biography of the composer .... one of the few attempts to distil the latest research and present it in a readily accessible form for the general reader... Inevitably, a volume of this kind handles the more factuial information well .... There is much to applaud in this Companion andmuch to recommend.' Musical Times, Autumn 1999, 'Excellent book ... Alongside the few dozen longer articles on larger topics like "performance practice", there are several hundred succinct well-written entries on every aspect of Bach and his cultural context by around 50 leading Bach scholars ... the book is surprising enjoyable to dipinto... brings off the difficult trick of being thorough, scholarly and yet "companionable" at the same time.' BBC Music, November 1999, "[O]rients readers well to current issues in Bach scholarship...[O]ffers many fascinating insights."--Books & Culture "This is an excellent first volume of a new series of extensive composer-based reference books from Oxford."--Library Journal "Black-and-white illustrations of Bach, his sons, places important in his life, a family tree, manuscripts of his works, and a map of his Germany enhance the text.... A significant resource on one of the most amazing performers who ever lived."--Booklist "A vast storehouse of information on almost everything you could want to know about this most universally revered of composers. Up to date with recent scholarship and research, it deals very readably with an immense field of subjects--Bach's life, family, friends, pupils and contemporaries, places connected with him, sources of his works, instruments (with specifications of organs he played), musical forms, publishers, scholars, and much more. Every single one of the cantatas is examined in considerable detail, as well as the Passions and many other works, such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Art of the Fugue or the Clavier-Ubung."--Gramophone
Dewey Decimal780.9/2
Table Of ContentPreface/introAcknowledgementsList of contributors/advisorsList of platesList of commonly cited worksThematic overviewNote to the ReaderA-Z entries (headword list available)Family treeChronologyList of worksOpenings of vocal worksGlossary of specialist terms
SynopsisThis superb reference work on Johann Sebastian Bach is the first volume in a new species of Oxford Companion that will focus on major composers. Illustrated with twenty-four black-and-white plates, this volume boasts over a thousand alphabetically arranged entries that cover Bach's music, his life and times, scholarship on Bach, and the performance of his music. Readers will find entries on the various genres that Bach worked in (including chorales, fantasia, sonata, concerto, missa), his many individual works (such as St. John's Passion, The Goldberg Variations, Brandenburg Concertos, Passacaglia, Well-Tempered Clavier, The Christmas Oratorio, and The Art of Fugue), places important to his career (such as Muhlhausen, Weimar, and Leipzig), and important contemporaries (Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi, Telemann, among others). There are also entries on instruments (harpsichord, organ, clavier, and so on), Bach performance practice, stylistic influences on his work, and other biographical details. The book concludes with a family tree, a chronology of Bach's life, a list of his works, and a glossary of terms. Bach was one of the giants of classical music, a composer of astonishing powers of invention. In The Oxford Composer Companion: J.S. Bach , music aficionados will have at their fingertips a treasure chest of information on this major figure., This superb reference work on Johann Sebastian Bach is the first volume in a new species of Oxford Companion that will focus on major composers. Illustrated with twenty-four black-and-white plates, this volume boasts over a thousand alphabetically arranged entries that cover Bach's music, his life and times, scholarship on Bach, and the performance of his music. Readers will find entries on the various genres that Bach worked in (including chorales, fantasia, sonata, concerto, missa), his many individual works (such as St. John's Passion, The Goldberg Variations, Brandenburg Concertos, Passacaglia, Well-Tempered Clavier, The Christmas Oratorio, and The Art of Fugue), places important to his career (such as Muhlhausen, Weimar, and Leipzig), and important contemporaries (Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi, Telemann, among others). There are also entries on instruments (harpsichord, organ, clavier, and so on), Bach performance practice, stylistic influences on his work, and other biographical details. The book concludes with a family tree, a chronology of Bach's life, a list of his works, and a glossary of terms. Bach was one of the giants of classical music, a composer of astonishing powers of invention. In The Oxford Composer Companion: J.S. Bach, music aficionados will have at their fingertips a treasure chest of information on this major figure.
LC Classification NumberML410.B1J15 1999
