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Author: Daniel R. Melamed (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, Yale University) ,
Michael Marissen (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, Swarthmore College)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780195122312
ISBN 10: 0195122313
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 09 July 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
An Introduction to Bach Studies is a book that any serious student of Bach will want to own. Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. Pound for pound and dollar for dollar, this volume can't be beaten as a guide to the literature and as a blueprint for future scholarly work on Bach. I just wonder how we have got along without it for so long. Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. this volume is an even-handed, concise report on the current state of research on its subject. Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. The book is comprehensive without being overwhelming. Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. This wonderful little book may be the first guide to the literature on a single composer and his music to become an instant classic. Why? ... because it is a smart concept with a user-friendly design. Thanks to Daniel Rl Melamed, Michael Marissen and Oxford University Press, the bibliographically challenged among us can now negotiate the formidable thicket of Bach scholarship with ease. Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000.
This wonderful little book may be the first guide to the literature on a single composer and his music to become an instant classic. Why? ... because it is a smart concept with a user-friendly design. Thanks to Daniel Rl Melamed, Michael Marissen and Oxford University Press, the bibliographically challenged among us can now negotiate the formidable thicket of Bach scholarship with ease. * Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. * The book is comprehensive without being overwhelming. * Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. * this volume is an even-handed, concise report on the current state of research on its subject. * Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. * Pound for pound and dollar for dollar, this volume can't be beaten as a guide to the literature and as a blueprint for future scholarly work on Bach. I just wonder how we have got along without it for so long. * Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. * An Introduction to Bach Studies is a book that any serious student of Bach will want to own. * Matthew Dirst, Music and Letters, Vol.81, No.3, 2000. *
Author Information
Daniel Melamed is Associate Professor of Music at Indiana University. His publications include J.S. Bach and the German Motet (1995) and Bach Studies 2 (1995), as well as many articles. Michael Marissen is Associate Professor of Music at Swarthmore College. His publications include The Social and Religious Designs of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (1995) and Lutherism, Anti-Judaism, and Bach's St. John Passion (Oxford, 1998).
