eISBN: 978-0-252-04806-7 (OA)

eISBN: 978-0-252-04807-4 (standard)

Launched in 1995, Bach Perspectives has become the premier English-language serial book series dedicated to cutting-edge Bach scholarship. The University of Illinois Press now offers the first four volumes in open access editions available for free to all interested readers.

The third volume of the acclaimed series features a roster of scholars analyzing the crucial influence of J. S. Bach’s music upon compositions by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Hindemith, and others. Throughout, the contributors highlight Bach’s subtle presence in the history of composition and illuminate the intertwined works of Bach and his successors.

Contributors: Thomas Christensen, Ludwig Finscher, Walter Frisch, Stephen Hinton, William Kinderman, and Robert L. Marshall

Michael Marissen is the Daniel Underhill Professor Emeritus of Music at Swarthmore College. His books include Bach against Modernity and Bach & God.

Bach Perspectives, Bach Perspectives, Creative Responses, Genres & Styles, Music, History & Criticism

License: CC BY-NC