Bach's Feet: The Organ Pedals in European Culture

by David Yearsley

Book Overview

The organist seated at the king of instruments with thousands of pipes rising all around him, his hands busy at the manuals and his feet patrolling the pedalboard, is a symbol of musical self-sufficiency yielding musical possibilities beyond that of any other mode of solo performance. In this book, David Yearsley presents an interpretation of the significance of the oldest and richest of European instruments, by investigating the German origins of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521199018
• ISBN13: 9780521199018
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.7"