| Other author/creator | Blankenburg, Walter. |
| Other author/creator | Schwendowius, Barbara. |
| Other author/creator | Dömling, Wolfgang. |
| Other author/creator | Coombs, John, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Salter, Lionel, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Nitz, Gaynor, translator. |
| Uniform title | Johann Sebastian Bach (Kassel, Germany). English. |
| Contents |
Central and Northern Germany at the time of Johann Sebastian Bach. Political and social conditions / Ludwig Finscher -- Religious and cultural life / Walter Blankenburg -- Architecture and the visual arts / Harald Keller -- Johann Sebastian Bach Life and work. The family / Christoph Wolff -- Events in his life and career / Christoph Wolff -- Employers and patrons / Christoph Wolff -- Predecessors and contemporaries / Hans-Gunter Klein -- Contemporary printed editions, autographs, copies / Alfred Durr -- The instruments / Jurgen Eppelsheim -- Johann Sebastian Bach's influence on posterity. His sons and his pupils / Georg Von Dadelsen -- The Bach tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries / Wolfgang Dömling. |
| General note | Translated from the German. Chapters 1, 2, 8, 11 translated by John Coombs, chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 translated by Lionel Salter, chapter 9 translated by Gaynor Nitz. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 84050475 |
| ISBN | 0300032684 |
