Johann Sebastian Bach: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Johann Sebastian Bach, credited to Herbert Francis Peyser, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Johann Sebastian Bach by Herbert Francis Peyser. Read in English by David Wales Compared with the unimaginable richness of his inner life as the overpowering volume and splendor of his works reveal it, Bach’s day-to-day existence seems almost pedestrian.... The present volume, which advances no claim whatever to any new or original slant, aims to do no more than furnish for those who read and run a meager background of a few isolated highspots in Bach’s outward life and a momentary sideglance at a tiny handful of his supreme creations. Its object will have been more than accomplished if in any manner it stimulates a radio listener to deepen his acquaintance with Bach’s immeasurable art. - Summary by Author's Foreword

Recording facts

• Recording title: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Author credits: Herbert Francis Peyser
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:19:32

Catalogue topics

• music
• Bach
• composer

Track guide

1. 00 - Foreword — 1:38
2. 01 - Part 1: Opening; Son Of A Court Musician; Early Years In School; Student At Lueneburg; Organist At Arnstadt — 20:34
3. 02 - Part 2: Inspiration From The Master, Buxtehude; Year At Muehlhausen; Weimer — 20:49
4. 03 - Part 3: Kapellmeister With Prince Leopold; Leipzig And The St. John Passion; Bach’s Greater Work; St. Matthew Passion And B MinorMass; Visit To Frederick The Great And Later Works; Death — 36:30

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Source and rights

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