Peter Williams approaches afresh the life and music of arguably the
most studied of all composers, interpreting both Bach's life by
deconstructing his original obituary in the light of more recent
information and his music by evaluating his priorities and
irrepressible creative energy. How, even though belonging to
musical families on both his parents' sides, did he come to possess
so bewitching a sense of rhythm and melody and a mastery of harmony
that established nothing less than a norm in Western culture? In
considering that the works of a composer are his biography, the
book's title A Life in Music means both a life spent making music
and one revealed in the music as we know it. A distinguished
scholar and performer, Williams re-examines Bach's life as an
orphan and family man, as an extraordinarily gifted composer and
player and as an ambitious artist who never suffered fools gladly.
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