Daniel R. Melamed is Associate Professor of Music at the School of Music, Indiana University. He is the author of J. S. Bach and the German Motet, co-author (with Michael Marissen) of An Introduction to Bach Studies, editor of Bach Studies 2, and has published articles, reviews and musical editions on J. S. Bach and members of the Bach family. He serves as associate editor of the Journal of Musicology and was vice president of the American Bach Society.