Bach by Malcolm Boyd
The year 2000 has been declared a "Bach Year," marking the 250th anniversary of the great composer's death. Around the world, there will be major celebrations in honor of his astonishing body of work. This major biography of Bach, now completely revised and boasting 25 per cent more material, is published to coincide with these events. In the new edition of this widely acclaimed study, biographical chapters alternate with commentary on the works, to demonstrate how the circumstances of Bach's life helped to shape the music he wrote at various periods. We follow Bach as he travels from Arnstadt and Muhlhausen to Weimar, Cothen, and finally Leipzig, these journeys alternating with insightful discussions of the great composer's organ and orchestral compositions. As well as presenting a rounded picture of Bach, his music, and his posthumous reputation and influence, Malcolm Boyd considers the sometimes controversial topics of "parody" and arrangement, number symbolism, and the style and meaning of Bach's late works. Recent theories on the constitution of Bach's performing forces at Leipzig are also present. The text and the appendixes (which include a chronology, personalia, bibliography, and a complete catalogue of Bach's works) have been thoroughly revised to take account of the research undertaken by Bach scholars, including the gold mine of new information recently uncovered in the former USSR. An authoritative account of the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, this volume will be essential reading for everyone interested in the classical composers.
After a successful career in advertising and television, Malcolm Boyd was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1955. When he said his prayers accompanied by some of America's best-known musicians, he was called the coffeehouse priest by Time Magazine in the 1960s. Boyd has a lengthy history of civil rights activism, beginning with a Freedom Ride in 1996. In Indianapolis, Colorado, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Santa Monica, Calif., he served parishes and college chaplaincies. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his two-decade-long boyfriend, Mark Thompson, an novelist, editor, and therapist.
Boyd, a poet and writer-in-residence at the Cathedral Center of St. Louis, is the author of multiple publications. Paul is a priest in the Los Angeles Episcopal Diocese.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195142228 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195142225 |
| Title | Bach |
| Author | Malcolm Boyd |
| Series | Master Musicians Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2001-01-18 |
| Number of pages | 344 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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