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Title: The New Bach Reader by Hans T. David, Arthur Mendel, Chirstoph Wolff ISBN: 0-393-31956-3 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive collection
Comment: A wonderful collection of letters by and articles about Bach, both from his own era and afterwards.
Some of his letters have even been set to music! Amazon also has available Peter Schickele's [a k a PDQ Bach] "1712 Overture and other Musical Assaults" which includes his parody on Copland's Lincoln Portrait, in which, instead of reciting The Gettysburg Address, he reads 2 of Bach's many letters complaining about his lack of money.
These are among the best known of Bach's letters, and are a fairly good indication of the general tone of many of his letters.
In one letter he complains to a relative that the cask of wine he had sent was half empty by the time it arrived, and that he had had to pay so many taxes as it passed through various districts of Germany that receiving it was rather expensive!
He concludes by saying something like "Please don't send me any more gifts ... I can't afford it!"
In the second letter, he writes warmly of his very musical family, but also whinges about his pay being less than he expected. He says that he had been promised a certain amount of money per funeral, but unfortunately the winter was so mild very few people died!
Highly recommended for lovers of Bach.
Rating: 5
Summary: A superb introduction to Bach (and very entertaining)
Comment: This is a wonderfully well arranged collection of letters, testimonials, court records and other contemporary documents by and relating to Johann Sebastian Bach. The editors have selected items which paint a picture of a man who knew his own worth, (he argues for, and gets, a higher salary than his predecessors in most of his jobs)didn't tolerate fools gladly, and who had exactly the same problems church musicians today face.
Incidentally, it made me laugh frequently. Some of his testimonials for former students show him damning with faint praise. His argument over who should appoint school prefects leaves you wondering who was lying. And his begging letters to his employers are masterpieces of not-very-obsequious charm.
A great book to dip in and out of, and a resource every musician should own.
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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: The Cambridge Companion to Bach (Cambridge Companions to Music) by John Butt ISBN: 0521587808 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The World of the Bach Cantatas: Early Sacred Cantatas (Set) by Johann Sebastian Bach, Christoph Wolff ISBN: 0393041069 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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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: Analyzing Bach Cantatas by Eric Chafe ISBN: 0195161823 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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