Books with author Johann Sebastian Bach

"His art was of an encyclopedic nature, drawing together and surmounting the techniques, the styles, and the general achievements of his own and earlier generations and leading to a new perspective." — Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.This informed assessment of the genius of Bach's works can be applied with greatest accuracy to The Well-Tempered Clavier. This highly influential work is monumental in the history of Western music. It represents not only the culmination of Bach's own maturation process, but also the galvanization of the emerging style and structure of modern keyboard music.The grace and fecundity of The Well-Tempered Clavier have thrilled audiences, musicians, and composers for centuries. Mozart, when rapidly advancing to the height of his mastery, had but to read a manuscript copy of The Well-Tempered Clavier and his style developed a new polyphonic richness and depth of harmony. Beethoven studied all the accessible works of Bach profoundly (including The Well-Tempered Clavier) and frequently quoted them in his sketchbooks, often with direct bearing on his own works. Chopin is nowhere more characteristic than when he shows his love of The Well-Tempered Clavier in his Etudes and Preludes. It was Schumann who, in a series of maxims for young musicians, said "Make The Well-Tempered Clavier your daily bread."This remarkable volume contains all 48 preludes and fugues, from Books I and II, in all major keys, reproduced directly from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. The fine engraving is beautiful, clear, and easy to read. These elegant pieces, which vary in difficulty, are available complete in one low-cost, convenient Dover edition.

This volume brings together a wide selection of Bach's keyboard compositions, including many pieces difficult to find in other editions. Included are several well-known works: the important harpsichord toccatas, the Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother, the Aria Variata alla Maniera Italiana, and the Six Little Preludes, as well as many lesser-known but significant pieces — fugues, sonatas, and other works — over 40 in all. Reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel edition, the music in this inexpensive yet well-made volume offers pianists a rich selection of interesting works stamped with the melodic and rhythmic invention and harmonic audacity characteristic of Bach.

Piano sheet music for The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 and 2, by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited and fingered by Carl Czerny. Although never explicitly grouped together by the composer, the two books of The Well-Tempered Clavier have long been treated as a single work. A standard in keyboard repertoire, they are essential study for any pianist. Pianists will delight in the sturdy spiral binding, which allows the pages to turn easily and lie flat. - 260 pages - Printed on premium, heavy, cream-colored paper

All the chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach - with and without obbligato instruments - in one fabulous volume! Most of the chorales stem from Bach's cantatas, passions, oratorios and motets. The only source for the remaining was the edition of four-part chorale hymns, which Carl Philip Emanuel Bach published during the years 1784-1787. The chorales are listed alphabetically after the melody. The obbligato instruments were transposed whenever necessary, and consolidated on two staves to facilitate reading.

The Goldberg Variations, named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg which, according to legend, Bach composed for Goldberg to play for Count Kaiserling the former Russian ambassador to the electoral court of Saxony, in order to help cheer him on sleepless nights, as the Count suffered from insomnia. Edited By: Carl Czerny (1791–1857) Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782–1849) Friedrich August Roitzsch (1805–1889)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period. He based his work on existing German styles but often adopted and adapted textures, rhythms, and forms from other countries, especially from Italy and France. Although his music was celebrated for its technical mastery, artistic beauty, and intellectual profundity during his lifetime, it was not until the 19th century that he was considered a great composer. Today, he is generally recognised as being one of the most important composers to have ever lived. Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of classical music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.