Bach: The Goldberg Variations

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext A detailed guide to one of Bach's most popular keyboard works. Zusammenfassung Bach's spectacular Goldberg Variations represent a high point in the whole repertory of keyboard music! particularly for the harpsichord. This book takes a detailed look at their historical origins! what their exceptionally intricate plan is! what kind of impact they have had! and how their mysterious beauty has been created. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Background and genesis; 2. Overall shape; 3. The movements; 4. Questions of reception; Appendix: the intended harpsichord.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Williams, Peter F. Williams
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2001
• EAN: 9780521001939
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00193-9
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 217 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks; Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous