Full name: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician

Author: Christoph Wolff Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, Biographies, Non Fiction, History, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393322569 0393322564

Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship. Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between the composer's life and his music, showing how Bach's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher. And throughout, we see Bach in the broader context of his time: its institutions, traditions, and influences. With this highly readable book, Wolff sets a new standard for Bach biography. Similar books: Bach by John Eliot Gardiner Transformer by Victor Bockris Hardcore Troubadour by Lauren St. John Let it Blurt by Jim DeRogatis Zappa by Barry Miles Twenty Thousand Roads by David Meyer Glenn Gould by Otto Friedrich Hellfire by Nick Tosches Nick Drake by Patrick Humphries Wild Years by Jay S. Jacobs 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky by David Henderson On Some Faraway Beach by David Sheppard Shakey by Jimmy McDonough Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star by Rick Wakeman Redemption Song by Chris Salewicz Jerry Lee Lewis by Rick Bragg Here, There and Everywhere by Geoff Emerick Johannes Brahms by Jan Swafford Woody Guthrie by Joe Klein The Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Freedman