Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering
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2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-753663-6 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-753663-6 (ISBN)
The initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides, Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is a comprehensive study of two closely related masterworks of the late Baroque fugal style. This compact guide, intended for practitioners, music scholars, and a general readership, summarizes a considerable body of knowledge about these famously cerebral collections in an engaging and accessible style.
Bach specialist and keyboard player Matthew Dirst explains the Art of Fugue and Musical Offering's idiosyncratic musical language while reviewing how both projects took shape during Bach's final decade. They reflect Bach's lifelong fascination with learned counterpoint, as demonstrated in elaborate series of fugues and canons in both and in an unusually intricate trio sonata in the latter. Dirst provides commentary on individual movements and groups of pieces and on the historical reception of this music, including its impact on other disciplines. Recurring themes include Bach's diligent exploration of contrapuntal types and techniques, his embrace of musical games, and his creative assimilation of diverse musical styles.
Bach specialist and keyboard player Matthew Dirst explains the Art of Fugue and Musical Offering's idiosyncratic musical language while reviewing how both projects took shape during Bach's final decade. They reflect Bach's lifelong fascination with learned counterpoint, as demonstrated in elaborate series of fugues and canons in both and in an unusually intricate trio sonata in the latter. Dirst provides commentary on individual movements and groups of pieces and on the historical reception of this music, including its impact on other disciplines. Recurring themes include Bach's diligent exploration of contrapuntal types and techniques, his embrace of musical games, and his creative assimilation of diverse musical styles.
Matthew Dirst is an organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and musicologist. Professor of Music at the University of Houston, he is also Artistic Director of Ars Lyrica Houston and appears regularly with other ensembles. He is the author of Engaging Bach: The Keyboard Legacy from Marpurg to Mendelssohn and the editor of Bach and the Organ. A Grammy nominee for his work with Ars Lyrica (Best Opera 2011), Dirst recorded Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Acis) in 2023.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Contrapuntal Pursuits
2. Origins and Audience
3. From One, Many
4. Musical Gaming
5. Paying Tribute
6. Elusive Ideals
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The ABS Guides Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 11 halftones, 25 musical examples, |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 140 mm |
| Gewicht | 318 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-753663-8 / 0197536638 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-753663-6 / 9780197536636 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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