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Books about Bach & his Music |
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This section of the Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) contains Reviews & Discussions of Books about J.S. Bach & his music, most of which have been compiled from the Bach Cantatas Mailing List (BCML) & Bach Recordings Mailing List (BRML).
If you want to contribute a book review or to discuss a book relating to J.S. & his music, please send a message to BCML/BRML. If you are not yet a member of the BCML/BRML, you are invited to join. The instructions how to join the BCML/BRML and how to post messages appear at: How to contribute. |
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Books & Printed Scores |
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Biographies - Books
Performance Practice - Books
Collections of Essays - Books
Bach for Children - Books
Vocal Works:
Cantatas BWV 1-225 - Books & Printed Scores
Motets BWV 225-231 - Books & Printed Scores
Latin Church Music BWV 232-243 - Books & Printed Scores
Passions & Oratorios BWV 244-249 - Books & Printed Scores
Chorales BWV 250-438 - Books & Printed Scores
Lieder BWV 439-524 - Books & Printed Scores
Instrumental Works:
Organ Works BWV 525-770 - Books & Printed Scores
Keyboard Works BWV 772-994 - Books & Printed Scores
Solo Instrumental Music BWV 995-1013 - Books & Printed Scores
Chamber, Ensemble & Orchestral Music BWV 1014-1080 - Books & Printed Scores
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Index to Reviews & Discussions of Books about Bach & his Music |
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Title |
Author |
Edition |
Year |
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General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
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Analyzing Bach Cantatas |
Eric Chafe |
Oxford University Press |
2000 |
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Bach |
Martin Geck |
Haus Publishing |
2003 |
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Bach - An Extraordinary Life |
Davitt Moroney |
ABRSM Publishing |
2000 |
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Bach and the Dance of God |
Wilfrid Howard Mellers |
Oxford University Press |
1981 |
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Bach and the Patterns of Invention |
Laurence Dreyfus |
Harvard University Press |
1997 |
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Bach Interpretation: Articulation Marks in the Primary Sources of J.S. Bach |
John Butt |
Cambridge University Press |
1990 |
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Bach und Ich |
Maarten ‘t Hart |
Gebundene Ausgabe |
2002 |
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Bach in Berlin |
Celia Applegate |
Cornell University Press |
2005 |
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Bach Werke Verzeichnis |
Schmeider |
Breitkopf & Härtel |
1998 |
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Bach's Cantatas: Discussions | Petition |
Alfred Dürr |
Oxford University Press |
2005 |
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Bach's Changing World: Voices in the Community |
Carol K. Baron |
University of Rochester Press |
2006 |
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Bach's Choral Ideal: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
Joshua Rifkin |
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2002 |
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Bach’s Continuo Group |
Laurence Dana Dreyfus |
Harvard University Press |
1987 |
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Bach’s Passion (new title: Sebastian, the life of J.S. Bach) |
RuthAnn Ridley |
Quiddity Press (was: WinePress Publishing) |
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The Bach Reader / The New Bach Reader |
Hans T. David, Arthur Mendel, Christoph Wolff (Editors) |
Dent & Sons
W W Norton & Co |
1967
1998 |
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Bach-Kommentar |
Martin Petzoldt |
Bärenreiter |
2004 |
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Die Blechblasinsturmente in J.S.Bachs Werken |
Gisela & Jozsef Csiba |
Berlin |
1994 |
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The Cambridge Companion to Bach |
John Butt |
Cambridge University Press |
1997 |
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The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach: Sacred & Secular |
William Gillies Whittaker |
Oxford University Press |
1959 |
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J.S. Bach - The Complete Cantatas in German-English Translation |
Richard Stokes |
Long Barn Books / Scarecrow Press |
1999 |
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Die Blechblasinstrumente in J. S. Bach's Werken [The brass instruments in the pieces of J. S. Bach] |
Gisela Csiba y Jozsef Csiba |
Merseburger |
1994 |
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Complete Church Cantatas on CD |
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CD Sheet Music |
2001 |
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The English Bach Awakening |
Michael Kassler, Philip Olleson & Yo Tomita |
Ashgate |
2004 |
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The Essential Bach Choir |
Andrew Parrott |
Boydell Press |
2000 |
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Evening in the Palace of Reason |
James R. Gaines |
Harper Perennial |
2006 |
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Fugitive Notes on Certain Cantatas and the Motets of J.S. Bach |
William Gillies Whittaker |
Oxford University Press |
1924 |
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Handbook To Bach's Sacred Cantata Texts |
Melvin P. Unger |
Scarecrow Press |
1996 |
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A History of the Vienna Boys’ Choir |
Kim Lorenz |
Book Guild |
1998 |
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J.S. Bach |
Albert Schweitzer |
Dover Publications |
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Johann Sebastian Bach (3 Volumes) |
Philipp Spitta |
Dover Publications |
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Work |
Martin Geck |
Harcourt |
2006 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician |
Christoph Wolff |
W.W. Norton & Company |
2001 |
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Les cantates de J.-S. Bach |
Gilles Cantagrel |
Fayard |
2010 |
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Life of Bach |
Peter Williams |
Cambridge University Press |
2003 |
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Meter in Music, 1600-1800 |
Gerge Houle |
Indiana University Press |
1987 |
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MOI, JSB [French] |
Jean-Pierre Grivois |
Bokopole |
2003 |
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On Johann Sebastian Bach's Life, Genius, and Works |
Johann Nikolaus Forkel |
J.M. Dent & Sons |
1802 |
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The Organs of J. S. Bach: A Handbook |
Christoph Wolff & Markus Zepf |
University of Illinois Press |
2012 |
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Oxford Composers Comapnion - J.S. Bach |
Malcolm Boyd |
Oxford University Press |
1999 |
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Sebastian, the life of J.S. Bach (was: Bach’s Passion) |
RuthAnn Ridley |
Quiddity Press (was: WinePress Publishing) |
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Text and Act |
Richard Taruskin |
Oxford University Press |
1995 |
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The Sacred Dramas of J.S. Bach |
W. Murray Young |
McFarland & Company |
1993 |
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The St. Matthew Passion: Its Production and Performance |
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Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach |
Paul Walker |
Boydell & Brewer |
2000 |
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Tonal Allegory in the Music of J.S. Bach |
Eric Chafe |
University of CaliforniaPress |
1991 |
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The True Life of J.S. Bach |
Klaus Eidam |
Basic Books |
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Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism |
Joseph Herl |
Oxford University Press |
2004 |
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The World of the Bach Cantatas |
Christoph Wolff & Ton Koopman |
W.W. Norton & Company |
1997 |
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The Early Music Movement from Within and Without [Article] |
Uri Golomb |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (November 2000 - April 2012) |
