Peter F. Williams

Bach

The Goldberg Variations
Herausgeber: Rushton, Julian

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A detailed guide to one of Bach's most popular keyboard works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9780521807357
• ISBN-10: 0521807352
• Artikelnr.: 31189145

Autorenporträt

Peter Williams (1937-2016) was an internationally renowned Bach scholar and performer. He held the first Chair in Performance Practice in Britain at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords and latterly Dean of Music. He was also the first Arts and Sciences Distinguished Chair at Duke University, North Carolina. He was the author of many books, including The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (3 volumes, Cambridge, 1981-1984), Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685-1985 (Cambridge, 1985), The Life of Bach (Cambridge, 2003) and J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Cambridge, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Background and genesis
2. Overall shape
3. The movements
4. Questions of reception
Appendix: the intended harpsichord.