Book Review
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kenjariThe Cambridge Companion to Bach
edited by John Butt
This volume of essays did a good job of covering the immense subject of J. S. Bach, his music, and its importance in Western classical music. Given the vastness of the subject, I very much appreciated that the introduction laid out the context and aims of the volume, since there was no way it could be comprehensive. I especially enjoyed the essays that strove to give a sense of how Bach and his work was situated in the musical world of the 17th and 18th centuries.The discussions of Bach as a teacher were also really interesting.
edited by John Butt
This volume of essays did a good job of covering the immense subject of J. S. Bach, his music, and its importance in Western classical music. Given the vastness of the subject, I very much appreciated that the introduction laid out the context and aims of the volume, since there was no way it could be comprehensive. I especially enjoyed the essays that strove to give a sense of how Bach and his work was situated in the musical world of the 17th and 18th centuries.The discussions of Bach as a teacher were also really interesting.
