Bachanalia: The Essential Listener's Guide to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
by Eric Lewin Altschuler
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0316035297
- ISBN 13
- 9780316035293
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About This Item
New York, New York, Usa: Little Brown & Co, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Like New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. By Applying What Stephen Jay Gould Describes In His Preface As A Bill James Style Of Statistical Analysis Of Baseball Teams To The 48 Fugues And Preludes In Bach's Composition For The Harpsichord, The Author Has Created A Unique Listening Guide To This Musical Composition. Altschuler's Essays - One For Each Fugue In The Well-Tempered Clavier - Are Full Of Playful, Often Ingenuous Analogies (To Baseball Teams, Horror Movies, Chocolate Chip Cookies And Sex) That Render Sophisticated Musical Concepts With Clarity To Listeners With Little, Or No, Musical Training.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006385
- Title
- Bachanalia: The Essential Listener's Guide to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
- Author
- Eric Lewin Altschuler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316035297
- ISBN 13
- 9780316035293
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, Usa
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 254
- Keywords
- Vocal, Piano, Broadway, Show Tunes, Sheet Music, Classical, Opera, Tenor, Falsetto, Orchestra, Costumes, Stage, Play, Baritone, Autobiography, Memoir, Classical, Composition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music Books;
- X weight
- 900 g
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