Description
| Product ID: | 9780141977591 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Music in the Castle of Heaven |
| Subtitle: | A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Authors: | Author: John Eliot Gardiner |
| Page Count: | 672 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750), Sacred and religious music, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Sacred & religious music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Biography: arts & entertainment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? This book distills the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest living interpreters. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-07-03 |
