Glory and Honor: The Music and Artistic Legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach

by Gregory Wilbur

Book Overview

Johann Sebastian Bach was a musical genius, an intellectual giant and a gracious man. His achievement in the area of music is one of the greatest tours de force in history - on a par with or surpassing that of Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Dante, Rembrandt, or Aquinas. Bach worked at a crucial time in history. He combated the ideas of the Enlightenment with its elevation of human reason as the ultimate authority of everything. His struggles, musically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158182470X
• ISBN13: 9781581824704
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 7.0"