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Describes how Johann Sebastian Bach survived the sorrows of his childhood and composed the music the world has come to love.

Now available in paperback, this landmark biography was first published in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach's death. Written by a leading Bach s

(Amadeus). The Worlds of J.S. Bach offers both traditional and new perspectives on the life and work of the man who is arguably the central figure in the Wester

Highlights the life and achievements of the eighteenth-century German composer and musician, and examines the development of his most important compositions.