Category: Biographies
Compared with the unimaginable richness of his inner life as the overpowering volume and splendor of his works reveal it, Bach’s day-to-day existence seems almost pedestrian. It had none of the drama and spectacular conflicts that marked the careers of men like Mozart, Beethov...
Compared with the unimaginable richness of his inner life as the overpowering volume and splendor of his works reveal it, Bach’s day-to-day existence seems almost pedestrian. It...
2. Part 2Bach’s Arnstadt days were drawing to a close. This is not to intimate that when he left it or any other town in which he had filled positions he never returned to them. Througho...
3. Part 3Before the final decision was made, Bach made it his business to be on hand at Leipzig. When it became clear to Graupner that he was out of the running he heartily recommended B...
4. Part 4D’INDY—Symphony on a French Mountain Air for Orchestra and Piano—LP MILHAUD—Suite Française—LP MOZART—Concerto No. 21 for Piano and Orchestra in C major—LP SAINT-SAENS—Symphony...