“What there is to know about Bach, Christoph Wolff knows. For the latter the essays will provide especially valuable insights into the process of composition. “Not since Spitta’s monumental Johann Sebastian Bach has there been as refreshing a look at Bach’s work as in this collection of essays by one of the world’s preeminent authorities… Wolff’s essays on Bach are a must for every musician, whether layman, performer, or composer. ” -Peter Williams, The Times Literary Supplement “Wolff has fundamental work about the composer, from his earliest music (‘newly discovered chorales’) to his last ( Art of Fugue, parts of the B Minor Mass), sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, all represented in this book… Every one of these essays…has the knack of presenting new information that triggers further thought… One does constantly sense a fresh conception of the composer. ” -Barry Cooper, The Times Higher Education Supplement “A fascinating and eminently readable account of many of the issues that have been uppermost in Bach research in recent years.
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