A monument in the history of Western music, "The Well-Tempered Clavier" represents not only the culmination of J. S. Bach's own maturation process but also the impetus for the emerging style and structure of modern keyboard music. Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin were influenced by its polyphonic richn[...]
Focuses on the life and music of the Baroque organist and composer who wrote "The Well-Tempered Clavier," the "Brandenburg Concertos," and many other works[...]
(World's Favorite (Ashley)). 48 preludes and fugues for the piano selected by Alexander Shaley, Book 1 and 2 Complete.[...]
(Music Minus One). A new approach to Bach drawn from his compositions With this collection that was conceived, adapted and performed by Bob Zottola on the provided CD, you can play first or second parts for: Two-Part Invention 4 in D minor * Minuet in F major * Minuet 3 in D minor * Little Prelude [...]
The Ashgate Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach provides an indispensable introduction to the Bach research of the past thirty-fifty years. It is not a lexicon providing information on all the major aspects of Bach's life and work, such as the Oxford Composer Companion: J. S. Bach. Nor is it[...]
Bach Favorite Piano Works is an expansive collection of 48 well-known Bach Keyboard works, including Two-part Inventions, English Suites Nos. 2 and 3, French Suites Nos. 2 and 6, selections from The Well-Tempered Clavier - Books 1 and 2, Aria from The Goldberg Variations and more.[...]
(Music Minus One). This famous concerto was originally written for three violins, strings and continuo, but today is known in a version reworked by Bach for three harpsichords. Music Minus One proudly presents it as close as possible to its original version here, for three violins. Includes separate[...]
A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composer in musical history, covering Bach's earliest musical efforts in Eisenach, his cultural inheritance, his series of posts as organist or musician, and his stormy career in Leipzig.It also traces the significant stages of development in h[...]