Johann Sebastian Bach : the learned musician / Christoph Wolff.
Wolff, Christoph.
2001
ML410.B1 W793 2001 (Mapit)
On loan from General Collection, due 20. Oct 2024

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Title Johann Sebastian Bach : the learned musician / Christoph Wolff.
Author Wolff, Christoph.
ISBN 0393322564 (pbk.)
Publication Details New York : W.W. Norton, 2001, c2000.
Language English
Description xvii, 599 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number ML410.B1 W793 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 780.92
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-554) and index.
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Prologue: Bach and the notion of "musical science"
Springs of musical talent and lifelong influences: Eisenach, 1685-1695
Laying the foundations: Ohrdruf, 1695-1700
Bypassing a musical apprenticeship: from Lüneburg to Weimar, 1700-1703
Building a reputation: organist in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, 1703-1708
Exploring "every possible artistry": court organist and Cammer Musicus in Weimar, 1708-1714
Expanding musical horizons: concertmaster in Weimar, 1714-1717
Pursing "the musical contest for superiority": capellmeister in Cöthen, 1717-1723
Redefining a venerable office: cantor and music director in Leipzig: the 1720s
Musician and scholar: counterpoint of practice and theory
Traversing conventional boundaries: special engagements: the 1730s
A singing bird and carnations for the lady of the house: domestic and professional life
Contemplating past, present, and future: the final decade: the 1740s
Epilogue: Bach and the idea of "musical perfection."

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