{"product_id":"bach-hardcover-journal","title":"Johann Sebastian Bach - Hardcover Journal","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery great thinker kept notes. This one honors the composer who brought mathematical precision and profound emotion together in ways that have never been surpassed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Bach hardcover journal features an elegant silhouette portrait on the front cover and a biographical tribute on the back - the story of the man behind the art, printed where you'll see it every time you pick it up. Part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/collections\/silhouettes-of-genius-legends-of-classical-music\" title=\"Silhouettes of Sounds: Legends of Classical Music\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilhouettes of Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e collection. A distinctive gift for classical music lovers, musicians, and anyone who keeps their best ideas close at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBach spent most of his career as a church musician in provincial German towns, largely unknown outside the regions where he worked. He applied for better positions, was passed over for lesser men, and spent years in a frustrating post in Leipzig where his employers considered him difficult and his output excessive. He died in 1750 without knowing that he was the greatest composer who had ever lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe world took another eighty years to catch up. When Felix Mendelssohn revived the \u003cem\u003eSt Matthew Passion\u003c\/em\u003e in 1829 - nearly a century after its composition - the audience encountered music of such structural complexity and emotional depth that it seemed to belong to no particular era at all. The Bach revival that followed transformed how Western music understood itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis output is staggering in both quantity and quality. The \u003cem\u003eWell-Tempered Clavier\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eBrandenburg Concertos\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eMass in B Minor\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGoldberg Variations \u003c\/em\u003e- each a landmark, collectively an achievement without parallel in the history of music. He worked within the forms and constraints of his time and somehow transcended them entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe had twenty children. He never traveled far from home. He changed everything anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover with matte laminate finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull wraparound portrait print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographical tribute printed on back cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlexible casewrap binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerforated pages for clean tear-out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e150 lined pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA tool for your ideas. A tribute to his.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":47167533908135,"sku":"79990187834203590380","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2249\/5399\/files\/bach-hardcover-journal-music-composer-illustration.jpg?v=1774123149","url":"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/products\/bach-hardcover-journal","provider":"LegendSketch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}