One of the first documents found in the 1966 revised edition Separation of documents originating with Bach from contemporary accounts Much of the original material has been reorganized, and there is aĬlear conspectus itemizing each entry. Strength has been preserved in the new edition. Only background information that was objective and factual. One of the strengths of the original DavidĪnd Mendel text was the absence of speculation and interpretation, with Much more detailed and greatly enhance its value as an introduction and Helpful map of Germany accompany the book. Every other known document originating withīach is included, including title pages of compositions as well as Playing the Thoroughbass or Accompanying in Four Parts, which isĪvailable in Pamela Poulin's facsimile edition (New York: Oxford The most notable deletion is Precepts and Principles for ) account for theĮxpansion, and about one-third of the new items were translated byĪlfred Mann. Includes larger and clearer type, making the text much more legible than The elegant book design by Jacques Chazaud The Bach Reader into The New Bach Reader, giving it a new face,Īugmenting interesting parts, and retaining its fundamental beauty and

Like a skillful cosmetic surgeon, Christoph Wolff has transformed Remained an important introduction to detailed study of Bach's life Even after the publication of these two books, it Reader was the outstanding and most accurate biographical introduction Until the publication of Malcolmīoyd's Bach (New York: Schirmer, 1983) and Christoph Wolff's

Research and the acceptance of new chronology, previous views of Bach The nature of Bach's religious convictions was clarified by theĭiscovery of his Calov Bible and other documents. Of Bach's work was proposed by Georg Dadelsen and Alfred Durr, and Important Bach introduction and biography during a period when Bach The vision of Johann Sebastian BachĪnd its veracity were so compelling that The Bach Reader remained an Were appearing for the first time in print, and virtually all were new Primarily from letters and contemporary documents. The most significant portrait of a composer up to that time to be drawn David and Arthur Mendel andįirst published in 1945, was a landmark study in many respects. APA style: The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents.The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents.' Retrieved from MLA style: 'The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents.' The Free Library.

The Bach Reader by Hans T. David