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Recommended books for further information about J S Bach

If you're looking for a single book on Bach...

J S Bach (Oxford Composer Companion)
Edited by Malcolm Boyd
Oxford University Press (2003), paperback 652pp (January 30, 2003)
ISBN: 0198606206

Definitive compendium of information on Bach, organised in dictionary style with thematic features. Includes a map of Bach's Germany, a Bach family tree, Schmieder's complete work list (BWV numbers). Hardback edition also available.

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    Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
    By Christoph Wolff
    Oxford University Press (2002), paperback 620pp
    ISBN: 0199248842

    Wolff is the world's leading scholar on J S Bach. Edinburgh University's Dr John Kitchen said of Prof Wolff's Bach biography: 'Eminently readable, at times even colloquial. His comprehensive knowledge of the source materials equips him admirably to write such a book... all sorts of interesting details emerge.' Hardback edition also available.

      For fans of historical detail:

      The New Bach Reader: Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents
      Edited by David Theodor Hans, Arthur Mendel, Hans T. David, Christoph Wolff
      W W Norton & Co Ltd (1999), paperback 610pp
      ISBN: 0393319563

      This comprehensive volume gathers together Bach's letters, reports, testimonials, complaints, thank-you notes, together with performance and payment inventories, town council proceedings, court and archival records, organ specifications, and 18th century accounts of Bach and his works. The book also includes a complete translation of the first published biography of Bach, by J N Forkel, a timeline, a detailed genealogy, obituaries, and music manuscripts, including working drafts. Hardback edition also available.

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