Bach's Keyboard Music A Listener's Guide

by Lederer, Victor

• ISBN13: 9781574671827
• ISBN10: 1574671820
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Amadeus

Summary

Bach_s Keyboard Music is a Hal Leonard publication.

Author Biography

Victor Lederer is a New York-based writer on music and urban history. His books include Chopin: A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano and Debussy: The Quiet Revolutionary for Amadeus Press's Unlocking the Masters series, and a study of Bach's St. Matthew Passion for Continuum Books.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Bach's Keyboard Music	p. 1
His Life	p. 17
The Toccatas: For Virtuosos Only	p. 23
The Inventions and Sinfonias: Sophisticated Teaching Tools	p. 29
Dance Suites I: The English and the French	p. 39
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I	p. 55
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II	p. 75
Dance Suites II: The Partitas	p. 89
The Individual Works: Singular and Significant	p. 103
Variations: Mostly the Goldbergs	p. 111
The Works for Organ	p. 125
Bach and His Followers	p. 137
Notes	p. 139
Selected Bibliography	p. 143
CD Track Listing	p. 145
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