یوهان سباستین باخ: آثار و تأثیر او بر موسیقی آلمان، ۱۶۸۵-۱۷۵۰ (جلد دوم)

This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks among the great classics of musicology. Since its first publication in 1873–80, it has remained the basic work on Bach and the foundation of later research and study. The three-part treatment describes in chronological sequence practically everything that is known of the composer's life: his ancestry, his immediate family, his associations, his employers, and the countless occasions on which his musical genius emerged. Author Philipp Spitta accompanies this biographical material with quotations from primary sources: correspondence, family records, diaries, official documents, and more. In addition to biographical data, Spitta reviews Bach's musical production, with analyses of more than 500 pieces, covering all the important works. More than 450 musical excerpts are included in the main text, and a 43-page musical supplement illustrates longer passages. Despite the scholarly nature of this work, it also has the rare distinction of being a study that can be read with considerable enjoyment and great profit by every serious music lover, with or without a substantial background in the history of music or musical theory. Frontmatter BOOK IV. CÖTHEN 1717-1723. I. ARRIVAL AT CÖTHEN. DEATH OF BACH'S FIRST WIFE AND JOURNEY TO HAMBURG IN 1720. REINKEN. BACH AND HANDEL AS ORGAN-PLAYERS (page I) II. BACH'S CLAVIER MUSIC. TOCCATAS. HIS REFORM IN FINGERING. ADJUSTMENT OF PITCH. INVENTION OF THE PIANOFORTE. BACH AS A TEACHER. THE CLAVIER-BÜCHLEIN. INVENTIONEN AND SINFONIEN (page 30) III. BACH AS A VIOLINIST. THE SUITE AND THE SONATA. WORKS FOR VIOLIN, VIOLONCELLO, FLUTE, &C. (page 68) IV. BACH'S SECOND MARRIAGE. CHANGE OF POSTS. THE FRENCH SUITES. THE WOHLTEMPERIRTE CLAVIER (page 146) BOOK V. LEIPZIG, 1723-1734. I. BACH'S APPOINTMENT AND INSTALLATION AS CANTOR AT LEIPZIG (page 181) II. THE THOMASSCHULE. DUTIES OF THE CANTOR. STATE OF MUSIC IN LEIPZIG (page 189) III. BACH'S OFFICIAL DUTIES AS CANTOR, HIS DISPUTE WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL, AND ENDEAVOURS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF MUSIC. HIS LETTER TO ERDMANN. GESNER'S APPOINTMENT AS RECTOR OF THE SCHOOL (page 213) IV. THE PLAN AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE CHURCH SERVICES IN LEIPZIG. MUSIC USED IN IT; THE ORGANS AND BACH'S TREATMENT OF ACCOMPANIMENTS. DIFFICULTIES OF PITCH AND TUNE (page 263) V. KUHNAU. THE CHURCH CANTATA. TEXTS BY NEUMEISTER AND PICANDER. COMPARISON OF THEIR MERITS. BACH'S CHURCH CANTATAS. THE "MAGNIFICAT" (page 332) VI. BACH'S CANTATAS (CONTINUED) (page 437) VII. PASSION MUSIC BEFORE BACH. THE ST. JOHN PASSION. THE ST. MATTHEW PASSION (page 477) VIII. BACH'S COMPOSITIONS FOR CHRISTMAS, EASTER, AND ASCENSION (page 570) IX. BACH'S MOTETTS (page 594) X. "OCCASIONAL" COMPOSITIONS (page 612) APPENDIX (A, TO VOL. II.) (page 649) Philipp Spitta ; Translated From The German By Clara Bell And J.a. Fuller-maitland. An Unabridged Republication (in Three Volumes) Of The Two-volume 1952 Dover Reprint Of The Bell And Fuller-maitland Translation Originally Published In Three Volumes By Novello & Company, Ltd., In 1889--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.