Johann Sebastian Bach: Volume I

Volume 1 of monumental three-volume study of Bach, foundation of all later scholarship. Detailed information on almost everything known about Bach´s life and family; also perceptive analyses of all important compositions-over 500 pieces-with more than 450 musical excerpts. Scholarly, yet can be read with profit by any serious music lover. Republication of 1885 English translation by Clara Bell and J. A. Fuller-Maitland.