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The Cambridge Companion to Bach (1997)

The Cambridge Companion to Bach (1997)

John Butt

Published: 1997, June 26
Authors: John Butt
Publishers: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 348
Print type: BOOK

Description:

The Cambridge Companion to Bach, first published in 1997, goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. The second part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style, while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great composer.