12 October 2009
Bach's Head Variations
Deborah Friedell
Julian Shuckburgh's new biography of J.S. Bach includes images by Caroline Wilkinson, a 'forensic facial-reconstructor'. Wilkinson used laser scans of the Haussmann portrait and a bronze cast ofBach's skull to build computer models of the composer's head. Can new busts for gracing piano lids be far behind?
