
Johan Sebastian Bach. Los días, las ideas y los libros
Acantilado, 2005 | Johann Sebastian Bach: His Days, Ideas and Books
Awards
***Prize Barcelona City of Essay***
Press
“Ramón Andrés has offered up one of the most remarkable pieces of research on Bach in recent years.” Jordi Llovet, El País
“Ramón Andrés’ Johann Sebastian Bach is a book among books, in which all of Western knowledge is to be found. One sometimes gets the feeling that Bach’s music is this book.” Stefano Russomanno, ABC
“A superb book on Bach, unprecedented in this country, highly readable and scholarly, and very well written to boot.” Carles Barba, La Vanguardia
“A densely-packed essay filled with point and counterpoint, written in a finely-honed prose style that calls to mind the author’s work as a poet, laying out a magnificent map of the German musician’s world, reflecting on the knowledge to which he was privy, from alchemy to theology.” Joan Anton Cararach, El Periódico
Synopsis
(Johann Sebastian Bach: his days, ideas and books) Johann Sebastian Bach left behind him a library of a little over eighty books, housing works on theology and spirituality (or so the inventory taken on his death would have us believe), and which, alongside other texts, constituted, one might imagine, a place of everyday intimacy and reflection. A contemporary of Newton and Leibniz, his music emerged at a crucial point in the Western imagination, as borne out by his unparalleled ability to take on board the themes arising from the Age of Reason and spirituality, transforming them into art with an intellectual and human insight the like of which had never been seen before. Who was the reader of those works, what was his position in Leipzig (the city that would be his final resting place), what role did the musicians of that time play, with whom did he rub shoulders, why did he take certain decisions, how did the presence of death come to bear on his character, how did he approach the notions of time and eternity, what worries of a financial nature ailed him? These, among others, are the questions posed in this book. A fascinating insight, in the company of Ramón Andrés, a scholar, reader and devotee of music, into the universe of one of the cornerstones of Western culture.
- Claudio Monteverdi, ‘Lamento della Ninfa’
- Pensar y no caer
- Poesía reunida / Aforismos
- Semper dolens. Historia del suicidio en Occidente
- El luthier de Delft. Música, pintura y ciencia en tiempos de Vermeer y Spinoza
- Diccionario de música, mitología, magia y religión
- No sufrir compañía. Escritos místicos sobre el silencio
- La comba mágica
- Diccionario de instrumentos musicales
- El mundo en el oído. El nacimiento de la música en la cultura
- El oyente infinito. Reflexiones y sentencias sobre música de Nietzsche a nuestros días
MB Authors
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Max BESORA
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Jordi ESTEVA
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- Albert GASSULL
- David B. GIL
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Mercedes HALFON
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Marta REBÓN
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Rubén SERRANO
- Aránzazu SERRANO LORENZO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI