The Cambridge Companion to Bach goes beyond a basic
life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century
perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided
into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical
context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. The
second part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style,
while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance and
reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This
Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the
most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain
a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great
composer.
· Provides comprehensive and indispensable background to thought
and composition in Bach's day · Includes theories of how and why
Bach's achievement has been influential · Contains new ways of
understanding Bach's achievement and analysing and understanding
the music