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Bach : music in the castle of heaven
- Title
- Bach : music in the castle of heaven / John Eliot Gardiner.
- Author
- Gardiner, John Eliot
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xxxiv, 628 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 25 cm
- Summary
- "From one of Bach's greatest living interpreters, a landmark study which explains in ... detail how the composer worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects--and what it can tell us about Bach the man"--
- Uniform Title
- Music in the castle of heaven
- Alternative Title
- Music in the castle of heaven
- Subjects
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain as Music in the castle of heaven, by Allen Lane"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Under the cantor's gaze -- Germany on the brink of enlightenment -- The Bach gene -- The class of '85 -- The mechanics of faith -- The incorrigible cantor -- Bach at his workbench -- Cantatas or coffee? -- Cycles and seasons -- First Passion -- His "Great Passion" -- Collision and collusion -- The habit of perfection -- "Old Bach."
- Call Number
- JME 13-892
- ISBN
- 9780375415296 (hardback)
- 0375415297 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013030398
- OCLC
- 842880670
- Author
- Gardiner, John Eliot, author.
- Title
- Bach : music in the castle of heaven / John Eliot Gardiner.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JME 13-892
