..". a valuable book of scholarly yet highly readable studies... every organist and anyone interested in the music of J. S. Bach should have it." --Early Keyboard Journal
..". a very perceptive and informative guide... " --Early Music
..". this book is a must." --The American Organist
..". invaluable and entertaining... " --American Music Teacher
..". among the most important and accomplished studies on eighteenth-century performance. Its comprehensiveness, clarity, and scholarship make it indispensable." --Performance Practice Review
In J. S. Bach as...
..". a valuable book of scholarly yet highly readable studies... every organist and anyone interested in the music of J. S. Bach should have it." -...
In this book George B. Stauffer explores the music and complex history of Bach's last and possibly greatest masterpiece. Stauffer examines the B-Minor Mass in greater detail than ever before, demonstrating for the first time Bach's reliance on contemporary models from the Dresden Mass repertory and his brilliantly innovative methods of unifying his immense composition. Musicians, music scholars, students, and music lovers will find in this engagingly written book a wealth of information about Bach's extraordinary choral work. Stauffer surveys the roots of the Mass Ordinary text and its...
In this book George B. Stauffer explores the music and complex history of Bach's last and possibly greatest masterpiece. Stauffer examines the B-Minor...
