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Author Lester, Joel

Title Bach's works for solo violin : style, structure, performance / Joel Lester
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations
Contents The history of Bach's solo-violin works -- The G-minor Adagio -- The G-minor Fuga -- The Siciliana of the G-minor sonata -- The G-minor Presto -- The partitas -- Closing thoughts
Summary This book combines a performance guide for violinists, an analytical study, an exploration of Bach's style, and an investigation of musical form and continuity. Central is the question what type of analysis is best applied to Bach's music: wherever possible, Lester draws his analytical tools from 18th-century techniques, developed for this repertoire
Analysis Humaniora Musik
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006.
SUBJECT Sonaten und Partiten (Bach, Johann Sebastian) fast
Subject Sonatas (Violin) -- Analysis, appreciation
Suites (Violin) -- Analysis, appreciation
Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 18th century.
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Strings.
Performance practice (Music)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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