The story of a revolution in music and technology; told through a century of recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian BachIn Reinventing Bach; his remarkable second book; Paul Elie tells the electrifying story of how musicians of genius have made Bachs music new in our time; at once restoring Bach as a universally revered composer and revolutionizing the ways that music figures into our lives. As a musician in eighteenth-century Germany; Bach was on the technological frontiermdash;restoring organs; inventing instruments; and perfecting the tuning system still in use today. Two centuries later; pioneering musicians began to take advantage of breakthroughs in audio recording to make Bachs music the sound of modern transcendence. The sainted organist Albert Schweitzer played to a mobile recording unit set up at Londons Church of All Hallows in order to spread Bachs organ works to the world beyond the churches. Pablo Casals; recording at Abbey Road Studios; made Bachs cello suites existentialism for the living room; Leopold Stokowski and Walt Disney; with Fantasia; made Bach the sound of childrens playtime and Hollywood grandeur alike. Glenn Goulds Goldberg Variations opened and closed the LP era and made Bach the byword for postwar cool; and Yo-Yo Ma has brought Bach into the digital present; where computers and smartphones put the sound of Bach all around us. In this book we see these musicians and dozens of others searching; experimenting; and collaborating with one another in the service of Bach; who emerges as the very image of the spiritualized; technically savvy artist.Reinventing Bach is a gorgeously written story of music; invention; and human passionmdash;and a story with special relevance in our time; for it shows that great things can happen when high art meets new technology.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent holiday music for string students!By CENExcellent holiday string music books for students to "grow into".. Each song has the harmony below the melody so that students can "switch off" and learn both parts. Have been teaching for 45 years. and this is my holiday book "of preference".Also. the other string parts are interchangeable. and there is a piano accompaniment you can order. CEN0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Christmas and Hanukkah music for the violinBy MI enjoyed the simple and easy songs in this collection. This is a perfect duet for any two violin players. I recommend this book to young violin players or older players who would like to play Christmas music on the go. One drawback of this collection is that the pieces are a little short.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Patricia P.Love it! Good for any beginner and beyond.
