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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
Authored by Christoph Wolff
Narrated by John Pruden
0:00 Intro
0:03 Preface to the Updated Edition
53:35 Preface
1:02:29 Prologue: Bach and the Notion of “Musical Science”
1:33:51 1. Springs of Musical Talent and Lifelong Influences
2:08:59 Outro
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, this landmark book was revised in 2013 to include new knowledge discovered after its initial publication. 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.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christoph Wolff is Adams University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. A former director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, Germany, he is the author of numerous works of music history, including Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography.
John Pruden is a professional voice actor who records audiobooks, corporate and online training narrations, animation and video game characters, and radio and TV commercials. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner, John has a solid creative foundation from which to draw for his intelligent audiobook narrations.
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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS
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Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Published on: January 22, 2019
ISBN: 9781977333735
Duration: 21 hr, 29 min
Genres: Biography & Autobiography / General, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Biography & Autobiography / Music, Mathematics / General, Music / Genres & Styles / Classical, Music / Genres & Styles / General, Music / Individual Composer & Musician