Overview
The Organs of J. S. Bach is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to the organs encountered by Bach throughout Germany in his roles as organist, concert artist, examiner, teacher, and visitor. Newly revised and updated, the book's entries are listed alphabetically by geographical location, from Arnstadt to Zschortau, providing an easy-to-reference overview. Includes detailed organ-specific information: high-quality color photographseach instrument's history, its connection to Bach, and its disposition as Bach would have known it architectural histories of the churches housing the instrumentsidentification of church organists Lynn Edwards Butler's graceful translation of Christoph Wolff and Markus Zepf's volume incorporates new research and many corrections and updates to the original German edition. Bibliographical references are updated to include English-language sources, and the translation includes an expanded essay by Christoph Wolff on Bach as organist, organ composer, and organ expert. The volume includes maps, a timeline of organ-related events, transcriptions of Bach's organ reports, a guide to examining organs attributed to Saxony's most famous organ builder Gottfried Silbermann, and biographical information on organ builders. Publication of this volume is supported by the American Bach Society.
Full Product Details
Author: Christoph Wolff ,
Markus Zepf ,
Lynn Edwards Butler
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.739kg
ISBN: 9780252036842
ISBN 10: 0252036840
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 02 April 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
<p> We now have an English translation of the most comprehensive study of the Bach organs. This is a vital resource that will enrich the lives of many, and it provides an enlightening and exciting venture into the Bach realm. --Jack Mitchener, Oberlin College
We now have an English translation of the most comprehensive study of the Bach organs. This is a vital resource that will enrich the lives of many, and it provides an enlightening and exciting venture into the Bach realm. Jack Mitchener, Oberlin College Original instruments are the subject of Lynne Edward Butler's translation of Christoph Wolff and Markus Zepf's Die Orgeln J.S. Bachs (2008), which lists each organ Bach knew or was likely to have played during half a century or more... The book's German original is now updated and presented in a very readable English complete with good scene-setting, excellent pictures, indexes, lists, and bibliography. - Peter Williams, Times Literary Supplement, November 2012
Author Information
Christoph Wolff is Adams University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig. Markus Zepf, a musicologist and organist, is on the staff of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Lynn Edwards Butler, who has published numerous articles on the organ, is a practicing organist with special expertise in restored baroque organs in north and central Germany.
