J. S. Bach as Organist His Instruments, Music, and Performance Practices

" . . . a valuable book of scholarly yet highly readable studies . . . every organist and anyone interested in the music of J. S. Bach should have it." ―Early Keyboard Journal

" . . . a very perceptive and informative guide . . . " ―Early Music

" . . . this book is a must." ―The American Organist

" . . . invaluable and entertaining . . . " ―American Music Teacher

" . . . among the most important and accomplished studies on eighteenth-century performance. Its comprehensiveness, clarity, and scholarship make it indispensable." ―Performance Practice Review

In J. S. Bach as Organist, specialists from six countries explore Bach's relationship to his favorite instrument during all periods of his career. J. S. Bach as Organist is a book for scholars, performers, and students. Authoritative and wide-ranging.

George Stauffer is Associate Professor of Music History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of CUNY and organist of Columbia University. He is author of The Organ Preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach and of articles in Bach-Jahrbuch, Early Music, and The Organ Yearbook.Ernest May is Associate Professor of Music History and Organ at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He has edited Cantata 113 for the Neue Bach-Ausgabe and has contributed articles to the Harvard Dictionary of Music, Bach-Jahrbuch, and other publications.