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Bach's works for solo violin : style, structure, performance / Joel Lester.
LIBRA MT145.B14 L39 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lester, Joel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten--violin--BWV 1001-1006--Criticism and interpretation.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian.
- Performance practice (Music)--History--18th century.
- Performance practice (Music).
- History.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und partiten--Criticism and interpretation.
- Local Subjects:
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und partiten--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- x, 186 pages : music ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- J.S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin have had a central place in the repertoire since the mid-18th century. This engaging introduction to these works is the first comprehensive exploration of their place within Bach's music, focusing on their structural and stylistic features as they have been perceived over time. Combining an analytical study, a historical, guide, and an insightful. introduction to Bach's style, the book will help violinists, scholars, and other listeners develop a deeper personal, involvement with many aspects of these wonderful pieces.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195120973
- OCLC:
- 39739608
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