The Resource Counterpoint : a memoir of Bach and mourning, Philip Kennicott
Counterpoint : a memoir of Bach and mourning, Philip Kennicott
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The item Counterpoint : a memoir of Bach and mourning, Philip Kennicott represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Glencoe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began listening to the music of Bach obsessively, and spent the next five years trying to learn one of the composer's greatest keyboard masterpieces, the Goldberg Variations. In Counterpoint, he recounts his efforts to rise to the challenge, and to fight through his grief by coming to terms with memories of a difficult, complicated childhood. He describes the joys of mastering some of the pieces, the frustrations that plague his understanding of others, the technical challenges they pose, and the surpassing beauty of the melodies, harmonies, and counterpoint that distinguish them. While exploring Bach's compositions, he sketches a cultural history of playing the piano in the twentieth century. And he raises two questions that become increasingly interrelated, not unlike a contrapuntal passage in one of the variations itself: What does it mean to know a piece of music? What does it mean to know another human being?"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393635362
- Label
- Counterpoint : a memoir of Bach and mourning
- Title
- Counterpoint
- Title remainder
- a memoir of Bach and mourning
- Statement of responsibility
- Philip Kennicott
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began listening to the music of Bach obsessively, and spent the next five years trying to learn one of the composer's greatest keyboard masterpieces, the Goldberg Variations. In Counterpoint, he recounts his efforts to rise to the challenge, and to fight through his grief by coming to terms with memories of a difficult, complicated childhood. He describes the joys of mastering some of the pieces, the frustrations that plague his understanding of others, the technical challenges they pose, and the surpassing beauty of the melodies, harmonies, and counterpoint that distinguish them. While exploring Bach's compositions, he sketches a cultural history of playing the piano in the twentieth century. And he raises two questions that become increasingly interrelated, not unlike a contrapuntal passage in one of the variations itself: What does it mean to know a piece of music? What does it mean to know another human being?"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kennicott, Philip
- Dewey number
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- 786.2092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- ML410.B1
- LC item number
- K3 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Kennicott, Philip
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Counterpoint : a memoir of Bach and mourning, Philip Kennicott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393635362
- Lccn
- 2019027075
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1102475699
- (OCoLC)1102475699
- Label
- Counterpoint : a memoir of Bach and mourning, Philip Kennicott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393635362
- Lccn
- 2019027075
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1102475699
- (OCoLC)1102475699
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