The New Grove Bach Family

by Derr, Ellwood S.; Emery, Walter; Helm, Eugene; Jones, Richard; Warburton, Ernest; Wolff, Christoph

• ISBN13: 9780393303544
• ISBN10: 0393303543
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

This composite volume centered on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach examines the work of all the members of the Bach family. Linked by a family tree which clarifies the genealogy of this complex family, each of the major figures is covered in a separate chapter with a review of the composer's life and works, complemented by a thorough work-list, bibliography, and index. The work-lists of J. S., C. P. E., and J. C. Bach have been considerably revised and updated in light of research conducted since the publication of The New Grove. In an introductory chapter Christoph Wolff provides a full list of family members, including biographical details, and discusses the family's history. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
List of musicians	p. 2
Family history	p. 17
Johann Bach	p. 30
Johann Christoph Bach (13)	p. 32
Johann Michael Bach (14)	p. 36
Johann Nicolaus Bach (27)	p. 38
Johann Bernhard Bach (18)	p. 40
Johann Ludwig Bach (3/72)	p. 42
Johann Sebastian Bach (24)	p. 44
Childhood	p. 45
Luneburg	p. 48
Arnstadt	p. 53
Muhlhausen	p. 56
Weimar	p. 59
Cothen	p. 69
Leipzig: 1723-9	p. 81
Leipzig: 1729-39	p. 93
Leipzig: 1739-50	p. 105
Iconography	p. 114
Sources, repertory	p. 115
Background, style, influences	p. 119
Cantatas	p. 124
Oratorios, Passions, Latin works	p. 133
Motets, chorales, songs	p. 140
Organ music	p. 144
Harpsichord and lute music	p. 148
Orchestral music	p. 155
Chamber music	p. 159
Canons, 'Musical Offering', 'Art of Fugue'	p. 160
Methods of composition	p. 163
Bach Revival	p. 167
Work-list	p. 178
Bibliography	p. 215
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (45)	p. 238
Life	p. 238
Works	p. 245
Work-list	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 250
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (46)	p. 251
The early years	p. 251
Berlin	p. 257
Hamburg	p. 265
Keyboard music	p. 273
Orchestral and chamber music	p. 277
Vocal music	p. 282
The Essay	p. 286
Work-list	p. 288
Bibliography	p. 305
Johann Ernst Bach (34)	p. 307
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (49)	p. 309
Johann Christian Bach (50)	p. 315
Germany and Italy	p. 315
London, 1762-72	p. 317
Mannheim and London, 1772-8	p. 321
The last years	p. 324
Church music and oratorio	p. 327
Operas	p. 330
Orchestral music	p. 333
Keyboard and chamber music	p. 337
Reputation	p. 339
Work-list	p. 341
Bibliography	p. 351
Johann Michael Bach	p. 354
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (84)	p. 356
Index	p. 358
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