I'm collecting a list of must read autobiographies. I'm trying to hunt down something on Bach. I don't think he wrote an autobiography (correct me if you know better) but did someone close to him or at least that knew him write something about him?
2007-08-20 20:35:50 · 3 answers · asked by K. 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
The best out there is a "Pulitzer Prize" finalist by the author Christoph Wolff.
It is called...Johann Sebastian Bach...The Learned Musician.
It is written like a textbook, and Wolff leaves no stone unturned.
Enjoy.
2007-08-21 01:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by Jrahdel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tree Hugger's answer is right on target.
To get an even fuller appreciation of Bach and his music, listen to the opening of Mass in B minor, or the 2nd movement of the concerto for two violins.. or st Mathews passion... or almost anything he wrote.
See... the thing about Bach is that he isn't human. Nobody before or after, not Beethoven, not Monteverdi not Stravinsky, NOBODY could do what he did.
2007-08-21 02:24:33 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know Bach did not write an autobiography. There is exhaustive biography in 2 volumes by Phillip Spitta, and is widely regarded as the definitive tome on Bach's life.
2007-08-21 06:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by glinzek 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋