"Reverence for J.S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composer's, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Esche…
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Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Currency -- Introduction -- 1. Civilizing Instruments -- 2. The Mechanic and the Tax Collector -- 3. A Silver Merchant's Daughter -- 4. A Dark-Haired Dame and her Scottis…
Reverence for J.S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composers, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Eschewi…
This work investigates the musical life of Johann Sebastian Bach's Germany from the perspectives of those who lived in it.
"Reverence for J.S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composers, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Eschew…
Civilizing instruments -- The mechanic and the tax collector -- A silver merchant's daughter -- A dark-haired dame and her Scottish admirer -- Two teenage countesses -- A marriage rooted in reason -- Male amateur keyboardists -- A blacksmith's son -- May God protect this beautif…
"Reverence for J.S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composers, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Eschew…
"Reverence for J.S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a number of composer's, many of them more popular with the music-loving public. Esche…
In this volume, Wolfgang Hirschmann proposes an ethnographic approach that contextualizes Bach's works, addressing the aesthetic paths he took as well as those he did not pursue. Steven Zohn's essay considers Telemann's contribution to the orchestral Ouverture genre, observering…
