The Faber pocket guide to Bach
By: Nicholas Kenyon ; [with a foreword by Simon Russell Beale]
Contributors: Beale, Simon Russell
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Pocket guide : music; Pocket guide (Faber and Faber)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780571233274
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Accessible, lively and easy to use, with guides ot his works and outstanding recordings, Nicholas Kenyon's new Pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, vocal and instrumenta., reflecting the latest scholarship, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age ... Key features include: the Bach 'top ten'; what people said about Bach; Bach: the life year by year; performing Bach today; Bach: the music work by work"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-450) and indexes.