"Bach Interpretation: Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J. S. Bach." By John Butt

"Bach Interpretation: Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J. S. Bach." By John Butt

Review of Sheldon Bach ' s Getting

Like a sculptor who can see the form hidden within the block of stone, Sheldon Bach— most recently in his third book on narcissism, Getting from Here to There: Analytic Love, Analytic Process—opens our eyes to the underlying structure and dynamics of narcissistic disorders. Bach’s observations and formulations are presented in an accessible, engaging and deceptively simple way, but they reflect...

Fast / Major and Slow / Minor pairings in J . S . Bach ’ s Well

Some studies have found that subjects give higher preference ratings and clearer emotional descriptions to pieces with the tempo/mode pairs fast/major and slow/minor. If these findings are true, one might expect to find a predominance of fast/major and slow/minor pairings in musical literature. This study looks for just such a trend in the canonical work of J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier. Bo...

Defining Genius : Early Reflections of J . S . Bach ’ s Self - Image 1 CHRISTOPH WOLFF

ELL BEFORE THE END of the eighteenth century, a conscious and deliberate discussion about self-image, that is, the way an artist sees himself, became a matter of course. Hence Mozart could write in 1778, at age twenty-two, “I am a Composer and was born a Capellmeister. I must not and cannot bury my gift for composing that a benevolent God has bestowed upon me in such a rich measure—I may say so...

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