Edited by Gregory G. Butler, George B. Stauffer, and Mary Dalton Greer
University of Illinois Press, 2008; ISBN: 978-0-252-03344-5
In About Bach, fifteen scholars show that Bach's importance extends from choral to orchestral music, from sacred music to musical parodies, and also to his scribes and students, his predecessors and successors. Further, the contributors demonstrate a diversity of musicological approaches, ranging from close studies of Bach's choices of musical form and libretto to wider analyses of the historical and cultural backgrounds that impinged upon his creations and their lasting influence. This volume makes significant contributions to Bach biography, interpretation, pedagogy, and performance.
Edited by George B. Stauffer
Indiana University Press, 2006; ISBN: 0-253-34798-X
A collection of essays by leading scholars on Baroque music. Each focuses on a different city, court, or region, and profiles the critical developments in that location for a single genre (song, opera, keyboard music, guitar, trio sonata, etc.) and is complemented by beautiful paintings and original scores from the period. The World of Baroque Music covers the entire span of the baroque, with topics ranging from early Italian opera in Florence to synagogue music in Mantua, from Italian women composers to the solo song in Shakespeare's England. This volume utilizes a wide variety of approaches as the contributors examine economic, religious, and sociological influences on the Baroque style. Contributors are Michael Beckerman, Gerard Béhague, Victor Coelho, Barbara Russano Hanning, Wendy Heller, Daniel R. Melamed, Craig Monson, Mary Oleskiewicz, David Schulenberg, Kerala J. Snyder, and George B. Stauffer.
University of Nebraska Press, 1996; ISBN: 0803210442
| Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (1719-1794) improved the printing of music with movable type. His publishing house is still in business. |
Yale University Press; 2003; ISBN: 9780300099669
A study of the popularity of Bach's Mass in B Minor, as well as the compelling aspects of its origin, intent, and performance. A careful examination of the music itself incorporates new knowledge of Bach's late compositional habits and Mass conventions in Dresden.
C.F. Peters, New York, 1990
Reviews a collection of correspondence between Johann Forkel, the first scholarly biographer of Johann Sebastian Bach, and his publisher, providing a glimpse into the Bach reception history and the early history of music publishing.
Indiana Univ Press, 1986 & 2000; ISBN: 0253331811
"...among the most important and accomplished studies on 18th-century performance. Its comprehensiveness, clarity, and scholarship make it indispensable." -- Performance Practice Review
"...this book is a must." -- The American Organist
"...Bach's relationship to his favorite instrument during all periods of his career. ... a book for scholars, performers, and students. Authoritative and wide-ranging." -- Barnes&Noble.com
Prentice Hall, 1992; ISBN: 0195137450
New! Oxford University Press, 2000; ISBN: 0195137450
We live in an age of eclecticism, an age that calls for a new approach to playing and interpreting organ music. The authors' new approach to learning two playing techniques allows the player to adjust to the style of a composition, be it old or new: a legato technique for music written after 1750 and a more articulated technique for the earlier repertoire.
The authors also present useful information on accompanying anthems and solos and on adapting piano and orchestral accompaniments to the organ.
Available through UMI under UMI # 7819446.
Reviewed in Bach Jahrbuch LXVIII (1982) 169-171 (Peter Williams)
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