Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the unfathomable composers in the history of music. This book explains the ideas on which Bach drew, how he worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects - and what it can tell us about Bach the man.
Gardiner has joined the select ranks of luminary musicians articulating their experience, with this long, sumptuously illustrated survey of Bach's life and timesThe result is dazzling-Iain Burnside, Observer
There could be no better-qualified guide to the mysteries behind Bach's music than the conductor who has breathed new life into its performance . . . As an exploration of Bach's labyrinthine thought-processes, and as an analysis of his music's overwhelming power, this book will now be required reading . . . for listeners and performers alike-Michael Church, Independent
Gardiner weaves industrial-strength scholarship, musical analysis and performing insight into a highly readable narrative ... extraordinary-Richard Morrison, The Times
There could be no better-qualified guide to the mysteries behind Bach's music than the conductor who has breathed new life into its performance . . . As an exploration of Bach's labyrinthine thought-processes, and as an analysis of his music's overwhelming power, this book will now be required reading . . . for listeners and performers alike-Michael Church, Independent
Gardiner weaves industrial-strength scholarship, musical analysis and performing insight into a highly readable narrative ... extraordinary-Richard Morrison, The Times
Sir John Eliot Gardiner is one of the world's leading conductors, not only of Baroque music but across the whole repertoire. He founded the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists, and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique. He has conducted most of the world's great orchestras and in many of the leading opera houses. He lives in London and Dorset.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780713996623 |
| ISBN 10 | 0713996625 |
| Title | Music in the Castle of Heaven |
| Author | John Eliot Gardiner |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
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