Description
The music of J.S.Bach has a unique power and attraction some 300 years after it was written. From annual performances of the great Passions and BBC Radio 3's hugely successful Bach Christmas, to its use in adverts, films and popular arrangements, the imaginative strength of Bach's music continues to draw listeners to explore its mysteries.
This new Pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both the spiritual and the sensual in life.
Among the features of this easy-to-use book:
The Bach Top Ten
Bach: The music work by work
Performing Bach today
Bach: The life year by year
What people said about Bach
The Faber Pocket Guide to Bach, by Nicholas Kenyon, is a superb new addition to the highly successful Faber Pocket Guides - all the essentials about one the greatest composers in history.
About the Author
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, CBE, has been Managing Director of the Barbican Centre since 2007. He was Director of the BBC Proms from 1996 to 2007, and Controller, BBC Radio 3, from 1992 to 1998. He has written The Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart, the history of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the biography of Simon Rattle, edited the influential volume Authenticity and Early Music and co-edited Proms: A New History. He was knighted in 2008. He lives in London with his wife and four children.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571233274
Author Sir Nicholas Kenyon, CBE
Format Paperback
Page Count 512
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 270g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 28mm
