In the last decades of the 17th century, the feast of Christmas in Lutheran Germany underwent a major transformation when theologians and local governments wage

This book is intended to provide the inquisitive listener with a guide to exploring the many layers of meaning found in Bach's Christmas Oratorio. The first sec

"Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," Cantata No. 80, by Johann Sebastian Bach, was composed in Leipzig, Germany for Reformation Day and was first performed between

Now available in paperback, this landmark biography was first published in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach's death. Written by a leading Bach s