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(More customer reviews)One need not be a musicologist or a historian to enjoy and appreciate this excellent volume. Carol Baron has brought together essays that stretch the knowledge of the reader so that we can listen to the music of Bach with a fuller appreciation. Bach's music is timeless but the world has changed greatly and it's wonderful to get a full picture of his 18th Century. I highly recommend this book to all lovers of Baroque music.
Johanna Hurwitz
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The Leipzig middle-class evolved with the cooperation and gratitude of an extravagant, greedy, and disinterested absolutist ruler. Bach's Changing World documents how this community and other German communities responded to a variety of religious, social, and political demands that emerged during the years of the composer's lifetime. An accepted, admired, and trusted member of this community, as evidenced by the commissions he received for secular celebrations from royalty and members of the middle-class alike -- in addition to functioning as church composer -- Bach shared its values.BR> Contributors: Carol K. Baron, Susan H. Gillespie, Katherine Goodman, Joyce L. Irwin, Tanya Kevorkian, Ulrich Siegele, John Van Cleve, and Ruben Weltsch. Carol K. Baron is Fellow for Life in the Department of Music at Stony Brook University, where she was co-founder and administrator of the Bach Aria Festival and Institute.
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