Unlike any study undertaken before, this book details Bach's creative process across the various instrumental and vocal genres, and centers on what the composer himself judiciously presented in carefully designed benchmark collections and individual works- all consequential to Bach's musical art. Matthew Passion, Art of Fugue, and B- Minor Mass. Emerging from this complex and massive oeuvre, Bach's Musical Universe is a focused discussion of a meaningful selection of compositions- from the famous Well-Tempered Clavier, violin and cello solos, and Brandenburg Concertos to the St. He is professor emeritus at Harvard University and was director of the. He has published major studies on Mozart as well as Johann Sebastian Bach. In this companion volume to his Pulitzer Prize-finalist biography, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, leading Bach scholar Christoph Wolff contextualizes his famous subject by delving deeply into the composer's rich collection of music. Christoph Wolff is one of the most distinguished Bach researchers of our time. Born and educated in Germany, Christoph Wolff studied organ and historical. "A comprehensive and fascinating study of the overall creative output of Johann Sebastian Bach, capturing the essence of his art.
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