The Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents, Revised Edition

By: hans david

Paperback: 474 pages Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc; Revised edition (May 1966) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393002594 ISBN-13: 978-0393002591 Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches Shipping... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393002594
• ISBN13: 9780393002591
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.6" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Bach reflected in his own words and by his contemporaries

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the life and music of J.S. Bach. Not only are there translations of every known piece of writing by him, and every important document about him, but many of his contemporaries and those in the following generation are quoted on their views of Bach's stature and achievement. There is also the complete text of the first biography of Bach, written in 1802 by J.N. Forkel and drawing on information from Bach's sons Friedemann and Emanuel. This book has so much valuable and fascinating information in such a small compass that music lovers will be drawn to it again and again