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Edgar Marsh, Hagen, Germany
http://www.bach-institut.de The website of the Göttingen Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institute. The website of a research-instutute, which is busy compiling - along with the Bach-Archive Leipzig a new edition of the complete works. They have an interesting link-list, including some of those mentioned here.

Alberto, Italy
I would recommend the site "The Canons and Fugues of J. S. Bach" (http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/bachindex.html). It is intended as a complete course about the canons and fugues of Bach and contains an exhaustive description of the anatomy of this two kind of compositions plus a section of links to useful essays about Bach's style and time. Of great value is the description and commentary about every fugue of the Well-Tempered Clavier and of the Art of Fugue. A precious site for those who want to deeply understand some of the compositional mastery of Bach.

ruth Phillips, France
here's a post on my blog (I'm a celist living in the south of france) which peopple seemed to enjoy! we were playing bach cantata no. 199 at the time. http://meanwhilehereinfrance.blogspot.com/2005/12/bach-cantata-199.html

Ursula Koehler, Leipzig
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, it may be interesting for your visitors, to get an idea of Leipzig, the city, where J. S. Bach was working and living for 27 years and composed most of his works. So please have a look of the following site, which offers interesting facts as well as sights and views of the city http://www.sights-and-culture.com/Germany/Leipzig-1.html Thank you! With kind regards Ursula Koehler

William Dahdaleh, Broadmere, Basingstoke, UK.
This site has nearly all Bach's best organ works. These performances are well worth listening to. Almost every thing you need to know. It can only be descriped as great.

Nikola, Zagreb, Croatia
dkdf.net is the website dedicated to Bach's Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge). http://www.dkdf.net

Max Vladimir - Wassaic, New York, USA
Have you seen the website called "The Face Of Bach"? It is an absolutely fascinating examination of the Bach portraits, and the webmaster has discredited one of the best known images. My best regards, Max Vladimir PS: I almost forgot the URL for "The Face Of Bach": http://www.npj.com/thefaceofbach/

Dr. Charles T. Shute, Kidderminster
Lovers of the cantatas of JSB might like this site: http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/bachjs/cantindx.html It lists all the cantatas (including spurious and fragmentary) with a brief description of each. The other end of the spectrum from the book by Durr (at £175), but a nice, quick reference. Also fans of JSB's organ music should have a look at: http://www.johann-sebastian-bach.org/ where there are downloads (mostly free), interviews, many other JSB links, and more - worth a visit. Charles

Leonie, Scotland
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Toccata%20and%20Fugue%20in%20D%20Minor Every thing you need to know about Toccata and Fugue

Anna, South Wales
http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/ This site has texts of the complete vocal works with English translations

Jake Holmes, Hanworth Middlesex.
www.virtuallybaroque.com This fantastic site has nearly all Bach's best organ works on a variety of different 'sampled' organs. These virtual performances by James Pressler are well worth listening to and free.