‘Reinventing Bach’ by Paul Elie

10th May 2013 | Books | 1 comment

American author Paul Elie thinks that Bach is particularly well placed to flourish in the age of recording because of the nature of his music. And he feels that Bach, a practical and inventive person, would have approved of all this technological innovation.

Read my review of his book here. It’s published in the Arts and Books section of Saturday’s Independent.

 

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  1. Alison

    ‘… measured out our life with coffee cantatas’ – oh, how clever! Glorious!

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