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Title: Bach (Master Musicians Series) by Malcolm Boyd ISBN: 0-19-514222-5 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: not bad, but there are better bios of bach
Comment: This is not a bad introduction to the life and music of J.S. Bach, however it is nowhere as well written or informative as Christoph Wolff's biography. I found myself falling to sleep reading Boyd, but the Wolff kept me interested all the way. Wolff also presents the death of Bach's parents as a much more central experience, which I found Boyd tended to place less significance on. This is not a poor book, it is just that the Wolff bio is so much better.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Outstanding Biography of Bach
Comment: Bach scholarship was turned upside down in the 1950s by the acceptance of new scholarship by Alfred Durr and Georg Dadelsen which established a new chronology and authenticity for Bach's music. It took about 30 years for Bach biography to catch up and digest the implications of the new discoveries. Bach biographies published before 1960 are frequently inaccurate in many details, and this include Spitta's famous 3 volume study. Of the recent books on Bach, Professor Boyd's book is one of the very best and the place for anyone with an interest in Bach to start their exploration of his life and work.
Rating: 5
Summary: A fine summary of the life and works of J.S.Bach.
Comment: This book provides an analyical and important summary of the greatest of all 18th century composers. Boyd succeeds in providing the life of Bach in context with the musical conditions of 18th century Germany, but adds his own perspective as seen from the end of the 20th century. I found this book most enjoyable, along the likes of other biographies of Bach, including Spitta and Schweitzer. To be added to the Bach Plucked! web site's recommended reading list.
Michael Stitt
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Title: Oxford Composer Companion: J.S. Bach (Oxford Composer Companion) by Malcolm Boyd, John Butt ISBN: 0198606206 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Beethoven (Master Musicians Series) by Barry Cooper ISBN: 0198165986 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician by Christoph Wolff ISBN: 0393322564 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Late Beethoven: Music, Thought, Imagination by Maynard Solomon ISBN: 0520237463 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Sacred Choral Music of J. S. Bach: A Handbook by John Butt ISBN: 1557251975 Publisher: Paraclete Pr Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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