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Title	The new Bach reader : a life of Johann Sebastian Bach in letters and documents / edited by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel ; revised and enlarged by Christoph Wolff.
Publication Info.	New York ; London : W.W. Norton, c1998.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 7	92 B118 N	IN LIBRARY

Description	liv, 551 p. : ill., maps, music ; 24 cm.
Note	Rev. and enl. ed. of: The Bach reader. Rev. ed. 1966.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-532) and index.
Contents	Johann Sebastian Bach : a portrait in outline -- Bach's life in his own writings and other documents -- Early biographical documents on Bach -- Bach as viewed by his contemporaries -- Bach in the second half of the Eighteenth Century -- Forkel's biography of Bach (1802/1820) -- Bach in the Romantic era -- Appendix : Money and living costs in Bach's time.
Subject	Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
	Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Correspondence.
	Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Sources.
	Composers -- Germany -- 18th century -- Biography -- Sources.
Added Author	Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Correspondence. Selections.
	David, Hans T. (Hans Theodore), 1902-1967, editor.
	Mendel, Arthur, 1905-1979, editor.
	Wolff, Christoph.
Added Title	Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in letters and documents
	Bach reader.
ISBN	0393319563 (pbk.)

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