Bach -- An Introduction to His Keyboard Music: Book & Online Audio

by Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)

This diversified collection guides students to develop stylistic performances of Bach's keyboard works. Among the 27 selections are numerous menuets, "short" preludes and suite movements. The introductory material contains an excellent discussion of ornamentation, rhythm, articulation, tempo and dynamics in the keyboard music of this master composer.

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1973

About the author

Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

He wrote more than two hundred cantatas, the Saint Matthew Passion , the Mass in B Minor , orchestras, such as the six Brandenburg Concertos , chamber ensembles, and numerous works for organ, harpsichord, other solo instruments.

Bach fathered noted Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Johann Christian Bach.

Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia arranged his works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_...

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very nice little book of easier Bach pieces. Of course, there is some question as to whether Bach necessarily composed all of them or if his children or others composed some, but regardless, very good quality Baroque music in this volume to start preparing the player for more intricate works in the future.