![]() ![]() ” -Barry Cooper, The Times Higher Education Supplement “A fascinating and eminently readable account of many of the issues that have been uppermost in Bach research in recent years. ” -Peter Williams, The Times Literary Supplement “Wolff has fundamental work about the composer, from his earliest music (‘newly discovered chorales’) to his last ( Art of Fugue, parts of the B Minor Mass), sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, all represented in this book… Every one of these essays…has the knack of presenting new information that triggers further thought… One does constantly sense a fresh conception of the composer. “Not since Spitta’s monumental Johann Sebastian Bach has there been as refreshing a look at Bach’s work as in this collection of essays by one of the world’s preeminent authorities… Wolff’s essays on Bach are a must for every musician, whether layman, performer, or composer. The String Quartets Of Haydn, Mozart, And Beethoven: Studies Of The Autograph Manuscripts: A Conference At Isham Memorial Library, March 15 17, 1979. ![]() For the latter the essays will provide especially valuable insights into the process of composition. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. “What there is to know about Bach, Christoph Wolff knows. ![]() And everything Wolff…knows about Bach’s life, he has poured into this new and magisterial biographical portrait… is user-friendly, helpful, and entertainingly informative. ![]()
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