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BACH -- FORKEL, J.N. Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke. Für patriotische Verehrer echter musikalischer Kunst. Lpz., Hoffmeister und Kühnel, 1802. x, 69 pp. W. engr. front. portr. of Bach by Fr.W. Nettling and 1 leaf w. musical scores (r° and v°). 4°. Cont. brds. (Libr. tickets removed from binding, stamp on title ("Kunst & Musik-Handlung G. Ebner, Stuttgart") and another erased, a bit stained in places, but a very clean copy).
First edition of this important first study of the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). For this study on Bach, the organ player and music researcher Johann Forkel (1749-1818) obtained information from his sons. Forkel is generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology. Complete and rather scarce.€ 600
result € 500
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