Bach and the Patterns of Invention

by Laurence Dreyfus

Book Overview

In this major new interpretation of the music of J. S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Laurence Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics.

"Invention"--the word Bach and his contemporaries used for the musical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674013565
• ISBN13: 9780674013568
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 11.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"