Bach and the Patterns of Invention

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ISBN: 9780674013568

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	DREYFUS, LAURENCE
Pub Date	02/04/2004
Binding	Paperback
Pages	288

Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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In this 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, Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres.

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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.