The True Art is a 'classic' of musical literature in the true sense of the word. The many ramifications of Bach's comprehensive essay have been neatly explained and annotated in a manner that makes the Essay a valuable reference work and an interesting venture in musical literature and history. The translator, William J. Mitchell, brought to his task a long standing familiarity with C. P. E. Bach. He was a professor of music at Columbia University who specialized in the history of musical theory.
The goal of the essay is to develop such skills as independent creative thinking and a written statement of one’s own thoughts.
It is not so easy to find a book that taught us as much as a book written by ourselves.
James Hall
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An essay is a prose essay of a small volume and a free composition, expressing individual impressions and considerations on a specific subject or issue, and obviously not claiming to be defining or exhaustive interpretation of the subject.