BACH AND THE PATTERNS OF INVENTION by Laurence Dreyfus ( 9780674013568 )

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Title:

BACH AND THE PATTERNS OF INVENTION

By:

Laurence Dreyfus

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Paperback

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0674013565

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9780674013568

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Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2004

Pages:

288

Description:

In this new interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music 'against the grain' of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres.

Synopsis:

In this major new interpretation of the music of J. S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Laurence Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics.

Illustrations:

6 halftones, 5 line illustrations, 73 musical examples, 15 tables

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Harvard University Press

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