Bach: The Goldberg Variations (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
Editorial Reviews Review Peter Williams manages to pack in an extraordinary amount of information about the work's background, compositional techniques and structures, and reception history. His consideration of the work's relationships to a large amount of other music is particularly remarkable. The writing style is fresh and engaging and the material presented clearly and concisely. We can safely say that Williams's book will be the fundamental work on its subject for years to come.' Eighteenth-Century Music Book Description Bach's spectacular Goldberg Variations represent a high point in the repertory of keyboard music, particularly for the harpsichord. This book takes a detailed look at how these variations originated, especially in relation to all Bach's ClavierÜbung volumes and late keyboard works, what their exceptionally intricate plan is, what kind of impact they have had, and how their mysterious beauty has been created. This guide to what was at the time the largest and most carefully conceived single work of keyboard music will appeal to students, performers and listeners. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
Bach: The Goldberg Variations (Cambridge Music Handbooks),Peter Williams,Julian Rushton,Cambridge University Press,0521001935,1685-1750,1685-1750.,Bach, Johann Sebastian,,Genres & Styles - Classical,Goldberg-Variationen,History & Criticism - General,Music,Musical Instruments - Keyboard,Bach, Johann Sebastian,--1685-1750.--Goldberg-Variationen,Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750),Keyboard instruments,Music / General
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