Books by Julian Shuckburgh
Harmony And Discord
by Julian Shuckburgh
This is an integrated biography, and very much a story of Bach’s actual life, as opposed to the sanctified version that was spread during the 19th century. The picture that emerges is of a man who was very attached to his family, very professional, devout, rather stick-in-the-mud, very hot-tempered and therefore not easy to work with… One of the interesting and remarkable things about the new approach is that Shuckburgh has, for the first time, catalogued Bach’s works (of which there are a huge number) in chronological order, placing them in the context of his life by date.
Interviews where books by Julian Shuckburgh were recommended
The best books on The Lives of Classical Composers, recommended by Giles Swayne
From Bach to Stravinsky, British composer Giles Swayne discusses the most insightful books for getting to know the real lives of classical composers. “You can have people who are really extremely mediocre with huge careers, and people who are wonderfully good but don’t have wonderful careers. Bach was one of those.”
