Philipp Spitta

His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685-1750

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach, His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685-1750

Shows the growth of an English village from a medieval clearing to the urban congestion of the present day as seen from the same viewpoint approximately every hundred years.

Friedrich Chrysander

Guido Adler

Vierteljahrsschrift für musikwissenschaft

Rudolf Schwartz

Contains "Musikalische bibliographie von Dr. F. Ascherson."

Vierteljahrsschrift für Musikwissenschaft

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.

Joh. Seb. Bach

Er inspirierte Generationen von Musikern und Komponisten: Johann Sebastian Bach. Die Werke des Barockkünstlers gehören weltweit zum festen Repertoire der klassischen Musik und gelten nicht umsonst als zeitlos. Im vorliegenden zweiten Band beschäftigt sich der Autor intensiv mit dem Zeitraum von Bachs Zeit als Kantor in Leipzig bis hin zu seinem tragischen Tod. Der Professor für Musikwissenschaften Philipp Spitta war der wohl bedeutendste Bachbiograf des 19. Jahrhunderts. Seine Interpretationen und Charakterisierungen berühmter Musiker und ihrer Werke finden in der der Musikszene bis heute starken Anklang. Der erste Band ist ebenfalls im SEVERUS Verlag unter folgender ISBN erschienen: 978-3-86347-910-7.

Philipp Spitta

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