Bach

by Imogen Holst

Older copy, red/black/white sleeve.

94 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Imogen Clare Holst CBE (12 April 1907 – 9 March 1984) was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist and festival administrator; and the only child of the composer Gustav Holst.

She is particularly known for her educational work at Dartington Hall in the 1940s, and for her 20 years as joint artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival.

In addition to composing music, she wrote composer biographies, much educational material and several books on the life and works of her father.

Reviews

[Scott Benowitz]

Numerous music historians written biographies about Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750).
This biography is particularly interesting because the author was an accomplished composer herself.
Imogen Holst (1907 - 1984) was the daughter of Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), and she became very familiar with numerous aspects of the history of classical music as well as the processes by which composers develop their own unique styles when she was relatively young.
Anyone who is interested in European baroque music will thoroughly enjoy reading Imogen Holst's biography of J.S Bach.