Bach's Famous Choir: The Saint Thomas School in Leipzig, 1212-1804

by Richard Howe and Michael Maul

Book Overview

The musical, social and political history of the renowned St Thomas School and Church

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cantors of the St. Thomas School and Church in Leipzig could be counted among the most significant German composers of their times. But what attracted these artists - from Seth Calvisius to J.S. Bach to Johann Adam Hiller - to the music school and choir and inspired them to explore new repertoire of the highest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783271698
• ISBN13: 9781783271696
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.3"