Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work

by Johann Nikolaus Forkel

Contents

• [Introduction]
• [FORKEL'S PREFACE]
• [CHAPTER I. THE FAMILY OF BACH]
• [Chapter II. THE CAREER OF BACH]
• [CHAPTER IIA. BACH AT LEIPZIG, 1723-1750]
• [CHAPTER III. BACH AS A CLAVIER PLAYER]
• [CHAPTER IV. BACH THE ORGANIST]
• [CHAPTER V. BACH THE COMPOSER]
• [CHAPTER VI. BACH THE COMPOSER (continued)]
• [CHAPTER VII. BACH AS A TEACHER]
• [CHAPTER VIII. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS]
• [CHAPTER IX. BACH'S COMPOSITIONS]
• [CHAPTER X. BACH'S MANUSCRIPTS]
• [CHAPTER XI. THE GENIUS OF BACH]
• [APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF BACH'S COMPOSITIONS]
• [APPENDIX II. THE CHURCH CANTATAS ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY]
• [APPENDIX III. THE BACHGESELLSCHAFT EDITIONS OF BACH'S WORKS]
• [APPENDIX IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BACH LITERATURE]
• [APPENDIX V. A COLLATION OF THE NOVELLO AND PETERS EDITIONS OF THE ORGAN WORKS]
• [APPENDIX VI. GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF BACH]
• [Footnotes]

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