Glory and Honor: The Music and Artistic Legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach worked at a crucial time in history. He combated the ideas of the Enlightenment with its elevation of human reason as the ultimate authority of everything. His struggles, musically and professionally, are those of a man seeking to maintain a high view of worship, academics, and the grounding of all life on the Word of God. As a man valiant in his convictions, he stood against the trends and fashions of the day and succeeded as a witness of the gospel to the generations who followed him.
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Book details
- Author
- Gregory Wilbur
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Music
- Topics
- music biography · music history · Christian faith · Baroque music · Enlightenment · worship · musical legacy
- ISBN-13
- 9781684428519
About the author
GREGORY WILBUR is the founder and Dean of New College Franklin, a Christian liberal arts college, and the author of Glory and Honor: The Music and Artistic Legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Wilbur holds a master’s degree in music composition from the University of Alabama. He serves as Chief Musician and Ruling Elder at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Franklin, Tennessee, and has contributed to ten books and numerous publications.
When not writing, Wilbur composes for choir, orchestra, film, chamber ensembles, and congregational worship, including the film score for the documentary Logic on Fire. His hymns appear in more than twenty hymnals, and his compositions include award-winning works across multiple genres.
Gregory lives in Franklin, Tennessee.