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- catalog abstract "In this major new interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Laurence Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics. "Invention"--The word Bach and his contemporaries used for the musical idea that is behind or that generates a composition - emerges as an invaluable key in Dreyfus's analysis. Looking at important pieces in a range of genres, including concertos, sonatas, fugues, and vocal works, he focuses on the fascinating construction of the invention, the core musical subject, and then shows how Bach disposes, elaborates, and decorates it in structuring his composition. Bach and the Patterns of Invention brings us fresh understanding of Bach's working methods, and how they differed from those of the other leading composers of his day. We also learn here about Bach's unusual appropriations of French and Italian styles - and about the elevation of various genres far above their conventional status.".
- catalog contributor b9761591.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""Invention"--The word Bach and his contemporaries used for the musical idea that is behind or that generates a composition - emerges as an invaluable key in Dreyfus's analysis. Looking at important pieces in a range of genres, including concertos, sonatas, fugues, and vocal works, he focuses on the fascinating construction of the invention, the core musical subject, and then shows how Bach disposes, elaborates, and decorates it in structuring his composition. Bach and the Patterns of Invention brings us fresh understanding of Bach's working methods, and how they differed from those of the other leading composers of his day. We also learn here about Bach's unusual appropriations of French and Italian styles - and about the elevation of various genres far above their conventional status.".
- catalog description "In this major new interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Laurence Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "What is an invention? -- Composing against the grain -- The ideal ritornello -- The status of a genre -- Matters of kind -- Figments of the organicist imagination -- On Bach's style -- Bach as critic of Enlightenment.".
- catalog extent "270 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0674060059 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog subject "780/.92 B 20".
- catalog subject "Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Composition (Music)".
- catalog subject "ML410.B1 D63 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "What is an invention? -- Composing against the grain -- The ideal ritornello -- The status of a genre -- Matters of kind -- Figments of the organicist imagination -- On Bach's style -- Bach as critic of Enlightenment.".
- catalog title "Bach and the patterns of invention / Laurence Dreyfus.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".