Author: Rick Marschall
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1595553916
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Two-and-a-half centuries after his death, the complex life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach continues to fascinate. Bach's colorful life was anchored in his belief that "music has been ordered by God's Spirit"?so much so that he began each composition by scrawling Jesu, juva (Jesus, help me) at the top of a blank page and concluded each with S.D.G. (short for Soli Deo Gloria, to God alone be the glory). Through the eyes of noted music and culture writer Rick Marschall, the intensely personal yet boldly public faith that earned Bach the nickname "The Fifth Evangelist" takes on fresh meaning. From a survey of Bach's family and its deep Christian roots to a behind-the-scenes look at how he crafted his masterpieces, this book paints a picture of an astonishing figure and his relationship with his God. Marschall brings Bach's enduring music and influence to the postmodern world and to all who would draw inspiration from his relentless pursuit of divinely ordained creativity.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Rick Marschall
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1595553916
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Two-and-a-half centuries after his death, the complex life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach continues to fascinate. Bach's colorful life was anchored in his belief that "music has been ordered by God's Spirit"?so much so that he began each composition by scrawling Jesu, juva (Jesus, help me) at the top of a blank page and concluded each with S.D.G. (short for Soli Deo Gloria, to God alone be the glory). Through the eyes of noted music and culture writer Rick Marschall, the intensely personal yet boldly public faith that earned Bach the nickname "The Fifth Evangelist" takes on fresh meaning. From a survey of Bach's family and its deep Christian roots to a behind-the-scenes look at how he crafted his masterpieces, this book paints a picture of an astonishing figure and his relationship with his God. Marschall brings Bach's enduring music and influence to the postmodern world and to all who would draw inspiration from his relentless pursuit of divinely ordained creativity.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1595553916
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Two-and-a-half centuries after his death, the complex life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach continues to fascinate. Bach's colorful life was anchored in his belief that "music has been ordered by God's Spirit"?so much so that he began each composition by scrawling Jesu, juva (Jesus, help me) at the top of a blank page and concluded each with S.D.G. (short for Soli Deo Gloria, to God alone be the glory). Through the eyes of noted music and culture writer Rick Marschall, the intensely personal yet boldly public faith that earned Bach the nickname "The Fifth Evangelist" takes on fresh meaning. From a survey of Bach's family and its deep Christian roots to a behind-the-scenes look at how he crafted his masterpieces, this book paints a picture of an astonishing figure and his relationship with his God. Marschall brings Bach's enduring music and influence to the postmodern world and to all who would draw inspiration from his relentless pursuit of divinely ordained creativity.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Johann Nikolaus Forkel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Johann Sebastian Bach, His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685-1750
Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Edward Francis Rimbault
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Martin Geck
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151006489
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151006489
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Publisher Description
Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Hans Conrad Fischer
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451409284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The monumental work of J. S. Bach--some 250 cantatas, 280 organ compositions, the great Passions, oratorios and masses, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Brandenburg Concertos, the Art of the Fugue--stands as a high-water mark of Western civilization. Yet that work is understandable only in light of Bach's profound Christian faith, asserts Hans Conrad Fischer. Born under the shadow of Wartburg Castle, where Martin Luther in seclusion had translated the New Testament into German, Bach saw his work as a daily engagement with Christian mysteries, often signing his manuscripts SDG--soli deo gratia or for God's glory alone. This lavish volume celebrates Bach unabashedly. The engrossing text, enhanced with dozens of portraits, photos of locales and artifacts, maps and manuscripts, brings Bach, his faith, and his achievements directly to the reader. So too does the accompanying CD-ROM, including 17 key selections sampling Bach's best-known pieces from each genre and period of his life. It conclusively presents J. S. Bach's genius as not only musical but also religious, one that still effectively presents Christian faith to today's largely secular public.
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451409284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The monumental work of J. S. Bach--some 250 cantatas, 280 organ compositions, the great Passions, oratorios and masses, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Brandenburg Concertos, the Art of the Fugue--stands as a high-water mark of Western civilization. Yet that work is understandable only in light of Bach's profound Christian faith, asserts Hans Conrad Fischer. Born under the shadow of Wartburg Castle, where Martin Luther in seclusion had translated the New Testament into German, Bach saw his work as a daily engagement with Christian mysteries, often signing his manuscripts SDG--soli deo gratia or for God's glory alone. This lavish volume celebrates Bach unabashedly. The engrossing text, enhanced with dozens of portraits, photos of locales and artifacts, maps and manuscripts, brings Bach, his faith, and his achievements directly to the reader. So too does the accompanying CD-ROM, including 17 key selections sampling Bach's best-known pieces from each genre and period of his life. It conclusively presents J. S. Bach's genius as not only musical but also religious, one that still effectively presents Christian faith to today's largely secular public.
Johann Sebastian Bach
The works of Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach Volume 1: 1695-1717
Author: Richard D. P. Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198164408
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This first of a two-volume study deals with the earlier part of Bach's career, and examines the output of his youth and its many external influences, before moving on to study the first great masterpieces in which Bach's own personal voice begins to emerge.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198164408
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This first of a two-volume study deals with the earlier part of Bach's career, and examines the output of his youth and its many external influences, before moving on to study the first great masterpieces in which Bach's own personal voice begins to emerge.