All family members will enjoy this classic work for children.
All who read it will know him not only as a musical genius, but also as an eager child, an affectionate father, and a lovable human being..
But it is more the human side of this book that will make it live, for in it the great master breathes.
A child can never really know music unless he knows Bach, for his contribution is the foundation and structural basis of all music.
The music reproduced here represents all of the different kinds of music that Bach ever wrote.
Then his adult life: how he helped his wife Magdalena put the twenty children to bed every night; how he spread brown bread with honey for them to eat every afternoon; and how he taught them all to sing and play different musical instruments.
It is filled with vivid descriptions of Bach s childhood: how he sat up many nights and copied music by the light of the moon, and how he walked two hundred miles to a choir school at Luneburg.
Every important incident is mentioned and every detail of the story is true.
It is amazing how much history, biographical material, and music is included in this book Sebastian Bach, The Boy from Thuringia is the first complete work on the life of Bach ever written for children.
All family members will enjoy this classic work for children
