David Yearsley: 2 books
Sex, Death, and Minuets
Anna Magdalena Bach and Her Musical Notebooks
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2019
At one time a star in her own right as a singer, Anna Magdalena (1701–60) would go on to become, through her marriage to the older Johann Sebastian Bach, history’s most famous musical wife and mother. The two musical notebooks belonging to her continue to live on, beloved by millions of pianists...
Bach's Feet
The Organ Pedals in European Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
The organist seated at the king of instruments with thousands of pipes rising all around him, his hands busy at the manuals and his feet patrolling the pedalboard, is a symbol of musical self-sufficiency yielding musical possibilities beyond that of any other mode of solo performance. In this book,...