Johann Sebastian Bach : life and work /
Martin Geck.
- 738 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: (page 697) and index.
What do we know about Bach? -- The grand old men of Bach biography -- Forkel, Spitta, Scweitzer -- From matins singer to Hofkapellmeister -- Cantor at St. Thomas and city music director in Leipzig -- Director of the Collegium Musicum and composer of secular music -- The early and Weimar cantatas -- The Leipzig cantatas -- The Passions -- Secular cantatas and the Christmas Oratorio -- The Magnificat and the masses -- The motets -- The art of the toccata -- The organ chorales -- The Cothen demonstration cycles: inventions and sinfonias -- The well-tempered clavier, six solos for violin -- The concertos -- The sonatas and suites -- The late cycles.