Bach
Subtitle: eine Lebensgeschichte in Bildern = a life in pictures
By: Christoph Wolff ; redaktionelle Mitarbeit, Marion Söhnel & Markus Zepf = editorial assistance, Marion Söhnel & Markus Zepf
Contributors: Söhnel, Marion, editor; Zepf, Markus, 1972- editor; Bach-Archiv Leipzig
Series: Bach-Dokumente Band IX erscheint als Band 5 der NBArev; Bach-Dokumente -- Bd. 9.
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Kassel; Basel; London; New York; Praha
Language: ger
Number of pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9783761822807
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Pictorial works; Composers; Biography; Portraits
Other titles: Bach :
Description: "What did Johann Sebastian Bach's world look like? Which people were close to him? Who did he work with? What writings document his life and work? This lavish picture book helps to bridge the 300-year historical gap and vividly brings to life Bach's personal history. The illustrations, mostly in colour, present Bach's life from his beginnings in Eisenach, Ohrdruf and Lüneburg, through his years as an organist in Arnstadt, Mühlhausen and Weimar and his period as Kapellmeister in Cöthen, to his tenure in Leipzig as music director and cantor at St. Thomas's. Expanded legends directly explain the meaning of each picture without the reader having to refer to another section in the book. Short introductions to the various periods of Bach's life, an essay on issues of the Bach iconography, as well as a detailed Appendix round off the volume"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "Supplement zu Johann Sebastian Bach Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, revidierte Edition (NBArev) / herausgegeben vom Bach-Archiv Leipzig. Erscheint als Band 5 der NBArev"--Title page verso.

Primarily illustrative content.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

In German and English.
Table of contents: title: Bildnisse von Johann Sebastian Bach = Images of Johann Sebastian Bach; title: Eisenach/Ohrdruf/Lüneburg, 1685-1702 ; Weimar/Arnstadt/Mühlhausen, 1703-1708; title: Weimar, 1708-1717; title: Köthen, 1717-1723; title: Leipzig : die 1720er-Jahre = the 1720s; title: Leipzig : die 1730er-Jahre = the1730s; title: Leipzig : die 1740er-Jahre = The 1740s; title: Anhang = Appendix.