Sebastian Bach, The Boy from Thuringia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780974650517)

This is the first complete life of Bach ever written for children. Every important incident is mentioned and every detail of the story is true. It is filled with vivid descriptions of Bach's childhood: how he sat up many nights and copied music by the light of the moon, and how he walked two hundred miles to a choir school at L neburg. Then his adult life: how he helped his wife Magdalena put the twenty children to bed every night; how he spread brown bread with honey for them to eat every afternoon; and how he taught them all to sing and play different musical instruments. The music reproduced here represents all of the different kinds of music that Bach ever wrote. A child can never really know music unless he knows Bach, for his contribution is the foundation and structural basis of all music. But it is more the human side of this book that will make it live, for in it the great master breathes. All who read it will know him...not only as a musical genius, but also as an eager child, an affectionate father, and a lovable human being.

Author: Opal Wheeler, Sybil Deucher
ISBN-10: 097465051X
ISBN-13: 9780974650517
Publisher: Zeezok Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2010
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.27d