{"product_id":"bachs-works-for-solo-violin-style-structure-performance-9780195171440","title":"Bach's Works for Solo Violin: Style, Structure, Performance","description":"J. S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin have been central to the violin repertoire since the mid-eighteenth century. This engaging volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the place of these works within Bach's music: it focuses on their structural and stylistic features as\u003cbr\u003ethey have been perceived since their creation. Joel Lester, a highly regarded scholar, teacher, violinist, and administrator, combines an analytical study, a full historical guide, and an insightful introduction to Bach's style. Individual movements are related to comparable movements by Bach in\u003cbr\u003eother media and are differentiated from superficially similar works from later eras. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLester employs descriptions of historical and contemporary recordings, as well as accounts of nineteenth-century performances and commentaries on historical editions, to explore these works as they evolved through the centuries. Wherever possible, he uses analytic tools culled from\u003cbr\u003eeighteenth-century ideas, key notions originally developed for the specific purpose of describing the repertoire under consideration. Beginning with an overview of the solo violin music's place within Bach's oeuvre, this study takes the Sonata No. 1 in G minor as the paradigm of Bach's compositional\u003cbr\u003estrategy, examining each movement in detail before enlarging the discussion to cover parallel and contrasting features of the A-minor and C-minor sonatas. Next, a chapter is devoted to the three partitas and their roots in various dance-music traditions. The book concludes with a summary of form, \u003cbr\u003estyle, and rhetoric in Bach's music, in which Lester muses on these masterpieces with an overall command of the music, criticism, and history of the 1700s that is quite rare among scholars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel and unprecedented investigation of a particular portion of Bach's accomplishment and a particular aspect of his universal appeal, \u003cem\u003eBach's Works for Solo Violin\u003c\/em\u003e will help violinists, students, scholars, and other listeners develop a deeper personal involvement with these wonderful pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joel Lester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 6.72w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195171440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoel Lester\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Dean of the Mannes College of Music. He has been active in many areas of music education, scholarship, and performance for three decades. The author of several books, he is a former editor of \u003cem\u003eMusic Theory Spectrum\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40092189065331,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bbd494a9-9528-417f-9d53-033a7214b547.jpg?v=1652796949","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bachs-works-for-solo-violin-style-structure-performance-9780195171440","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}