The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents By Christoph Wolff, Arthur Mendel, Hans T. David (editors)
1999 | 608 Pages | ISBN: 0393319563 | DJVU | 24 MB
1999 | 608 Pages | ISBN: 0393319563 | DJVU | 24 MB
"Just reading these documents brings this great composer to life in a most exciting and vivid way. I love this book!" —Yo-Yo MaThrough hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The New Bach Reader, Christoph Wolff has incorporated numerous facsimiles and added many newly discovered items, reflecting the current state of scholarship about the composer's life and music. The readings in this volume provide an accurate and vivid picture of Bach's world and of his far-reaching influence.