Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

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Book language: English
425 pages

This is Johann Nikolaus Forkel's early biography of Johann Sebastian Bach, translated and annotated by Charles Sanford Terry. It surveys Bach's family, career, work as organist, clavier player, composer and teacher, and includes catalogues of his compositions and church cantatas. Listen for a foundational account of Bach's life and art.

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Contents

Contents
Illustrations
Introduction
FORKEL'S PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE FAMILY OF BACH
Chapter II. THE CAREER OF BACH
CHAPTER IIA.113 BACH AT LEIPZIG, 1723-1750
CHAPTER III. BACH AS A CLAVIER PLAYER
CHAPTER IV. BACH THE ORGANIST
CHAPTER V. BACH THE COMPOSER
CHAPTER VI. BACH THE COMPOSER (continued)
CHAPTER VII. BACH AS A TEACHER
CHAPTER VIII. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
CHAPTER IX. BACH'S COMPOSITIONS
CHAPTER X. BACH'S MANUSCRIPTS
CHAPTER XI. THE GENIUS OF BACH
APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF BACH'S COMPOSITIONS
APPENDIX II. THE CHURCH CANTATAS ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY
APPENDIX III. THE BACHGESELLSCHAFT EDITIONS OF BACH'S WORKS
APPENDIX IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BACH LITERATURE
APPENDIX V. A COLLATION OF THE NOVELLO AND PETERS EDITIONS OF THE ORGAN WORKS
APPENDIX VI. GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF BACH
Footnotes

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