Reinventing Bach Contributor(s): Elie, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374534047 ISBN-13: 9780374534042 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $32.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
Dewey: 780.92 |
Physical Information: 1.36" H x 5.51" W x 8.26" (0.99 lbs) 512 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The story of a revolution in classical music and technology, told through a century of recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach In Reinventing Bach, his remarkable second book, Paul Elie tells the electrifying story of how musicians of genius have made Bach's music new in our time, at once restoring Bach as a universally revered composer and revolutionizing the ways that music figures into our lives. |
Contributor Bio(s): Elie, Paul: - Paul Elie, for many years a senior editor with FSG, is now a senior fellow with Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. His first book, The Life You Save May Be Your Own, received the PEN/Martha Albrand Prize and was a National Book Critics Circle award finalist in 2003. He lives in New York City. |