Directory > Arts > Music > Composition > Composers > B > Bach, Johann Sebastian Emmanuel Music Founded in 1970 by Craig Smith to perform the complete cycle of over 200 sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach in the liturgical setting for which they were intended. Includes extensive translations and program notes. http://www.emmanuelmusic.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach's organ works complete BWV listing Complete BWV listing of Bach's Organ Works with links to CD recordings on Silbermann Organs from the Baroque Music Club. http://www.baroquecds.com/organtable.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Well-Tempered Clavier: Hypermedia Analysis Pianist and musicologist David Korevaar offers online performances of all the fugues and selected preludes together with discussion text linked measure-by-measure to the performances. [Shockwave] http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Well-Tempered Clavier Index summarizing fugue-by-fugue analysis drawing comparisons from visual arts, physics, mathematics, literature and astronomy. Links to scores with digital sound and many resources on the life and works of Bach, designed for a course at Northern Arizona University. http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Classic Cat Directory of free Bach mp3s made available by the performing artists. http://www.classiccat.net/bach_js/index.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian BACH Cantata 198: The Trauer Ode. Mourning Ode on the death of Queen Christiana of Poland/Saxony, 1727. Illustrated history, full text, and music samples. http://www.baroquemusic.org/198trauerode.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Music of Intellect: The Goldberg Variations Detailed study of the intellectual and psychological dimension of one of the composer's best-known sets of music. Includes MIDI audio samples. http://web.ffn.ne.jp/~imyfujita/indexe.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Global Bach Community An organization devoted to linking and supporting local Bach organizations worldwide. http://www.bach-net.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Glory to God Alone: The Life of J.S. Bach Glory to God Alone: The Life of J.S. Bach is a video documentary. Filmed on location in Germany, it features Bach scholars Christoph Wolff, Robin Leaver and guitar virtuoso Christopher Parkening. http://www.elca.org/co/mosaic/winter02.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Miscellaneous Lieder by J. S. Bach List from recmusic.org linked to German song texts and English translations. http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/b/bach.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach, Johann Sebastian Musical biography with early influences, summaries of instrumental talents, professional positions, and compositions, historical significance, and partial list of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=589 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Dorset Bach Cantata Club Information for amateur singers and orchestral players wishing to join a long-established choir & orchestra for weekend study and performance of Bach cantatas and related works. http://uk.geocities.com/dbcclub/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach's Life in Pictures Color illustrations with captions and music samples documenting the major periods in Bach's life. http://www.baroquemusic.org/bachillustrated.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach-Archiv Leipzig "Our purpose is to collect and examine literary and documentary material about the life, work and history of Johann Sebastian Bach and his family - and to present his work to the public through exhibitions, lectures, guided tours and publications." Site in English and German. http://www.bach-leipzig.de/webnew/index4.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Oregon Bach Festival A summer festival held in Eugene, Oregon directed by Helmuth Rilling. Booking information and schedules of concerts and master classes. http://bachfest.uoregon.edu/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach Bibliography A comprehensive, searchable catalogue of books, articles, theses, papers and facsimile editions on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/~tomita/bachbib/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach Detailed biography, covering each period in Bach's life. http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxjsbach.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Oboe and the Oboe d'amore in Bach's Church Cantatas A well documented examination of Bach's possible oboists, as well as the instrument's range and notational problems, covering compositions from Mülhausen to Leipzig. http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/Journal/JNL6/bach.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach Plucked The composer's string music, especially lute and guitar, with specialized articles and links to internet resources . http://www.bachplucked.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach's Leipzig in pictures, 1725-1750 Contemporary prints of Bach's Leipzig showing familiar scenes and some lesser-known facets of Leipzig city life, institutions and facilities. Of unusual interest is the city's piped fresh water supply. http://www.baroquemusic.org/bachleipzig.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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mfiles - Johann Sebastian Bach Biography and music examples in the form of sheet music and sound files. http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/johann-sebastian-bach.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Industrious Herr Bach Biography, timeline, quotes, key works, suggested recordings and reading, selected works, and links from Humanities Web. http://www.humanitiesweb.org/cgi-bin/human.cgi?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=31 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Early Music Myths Paul Baker of Diabolus in Musica uses the music of Bach to illustrate perceived problems and solutions to various performance issues, including choir size and instrument choice. http://www.diabolus.org/myths/myths.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Schering's Wacky Theory Joshua Rifkin defends his own ideas on Bach's use of single-voiced choir parts by way of scholar Arnold Schering. http://homepages.kdsi.net/~sherman/Scherings.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rifkin's Pesky Idea Reprinted article examines the possibility that Bach used one singer per part rather than a larger choir in many of his vocal works. http://homepages.kdsi.net/~sherman/oneperpart.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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On Bach and the Curved Bow A review of Michael Bach's performance of Bach's solo cello suites (Mode Records) using a curved cello bow which allows him to play chords without arpeggiation. Review considers the significance and historical implications of the curved bow in the performance of Bach's music. http://www.music.princeton.edu/~jwp/texts/bachbow.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach's Achievement Article examining the role the composer's works had in helping to reunite a Europe torn by post-Reformation conflict even as it became the standard upon which almost all subsequent Western music was based. http://www.fermentmagazine.org/essays/jsbach1.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach's Notation of Tempo and Early-Music Performance: Some Reconsiderations Revisitation of the ongoing debate among factions of early music artists attempts to ascertain the more "historically correct" time signature for the composer's works. Includes endnotes, chart, and links. http://homepages.kdsi.net/~sherman/bachtempo.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach's Method of Transcription Study of his compositional ideas using the clavier transcription (BWV 964) of the A minor Sonata for solo violin (BWV 1003). Includes musical notation to illustrate the author's points. http://www.delmar.edu/music/bachtran.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach, Mozart, and the Musical Midwife Speculation preceding examination of known facts about Amadeus transcribing music by Sebastian. Includes looks at other related composers and certain theoretical studies. http://schillerinstitute.org/music/m_rasmus_801.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Acoustic Illusions: Endlessly Rising Canon Stefan Scheller demonstrates the illusion of the Shepard Effect using Bach's Canon per Tonus. Includes links, credits, theoretical discussion, and illustration using M. C. Escher. http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs083/akustik.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The London Bach Society Provides newsletter, details of the annual Bach festival, history of the organisation, database of his works and details of sponsership and membership. http://www.bachlive.co.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach Detailed biography and comments on his music from Grove Music plus MIDI audio, illustrations, and links from Kunst der Fuge. http://www.kunstderfuge.com/bach.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach Biography, musicography, links to related composers, and companion resources from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program. http://www.hoasm.org/IX/IXBach.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Grave of Johann Sebastian Bach Find a Grave details the burial, reburial, and subsequent moving of the composer's remains to Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany with portrait of composer and photographs of grave plate and church exterior. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4237 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach Acoustics, Numerology and Tuning Explores how the composer encoded gematria and other number patterns into his music, following the documented treatises of his predecessor Werckmeister. Examination of how he may have tuned his harpsichord. http://mitglied.lycos.de/Herbert_Anton_Kellne/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Music History 102: Johann Sebastian Bach Biography, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM files from the Internet Public Library. http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/bar/bach.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Classical Music Archives: J.S.Bach Over 1500 complete compositions in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Includes two biographies, time line, download and playing instructions, and links to artist pages. http://www.classicalarchives.com/bach.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Well Tempered Clavier: Music of Sacred Temperament Exploration of the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of the works involved. Includes MIDI audio samples. http://www.geocities.jp/imyfujita/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Brief chronology, partial list of works with MIDI audio for selected BMV numbers, gallery, and contact information. http://chuchristine.tripod.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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BACHorgan.com Dedicated to building a community of those who love the Bach's pipe organ music. Includes biography, workshops, tributes, organ schools and purchase information, clip art, jokes, sheet music, recording and book sales, and links. http://www.bachorgan.com Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach Biography emphasizing personality and relationships as well as musical abilities from Decca. http://www.deccaclassics.com/music/composers/bach.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach Central Station A large directory of J.S. Bach resources on the internet. http://www.jsbach.net/bcs/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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A Study of the Texts of J.S. Bach's Motets Tad Inoue of Japan provides an English version of a research paper dealing with the source material and characteristics of the lyrics with an evaluation of these writings. http://member.nifty.ne.jp/dikaios/English/papers/B-Motets.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750), Germany Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers. http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/bach1750.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach Classical music pages article from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. Also links to related composers and topics, including cantatas, orchestral music, instrumental music, illustrations, list of works, and bibliography. http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/bachjs.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) A Naxos site with a brief biography of Bach, a summary of his compositions, and general Naxos catalog listing. http://web02.hnh.com/composer/btm.asp?fullname=Bach,%20Johann%20Sebastian Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Musica Classica: Johann Sebastian Bach Classical music dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, illustrations, and MIDI audio files. http://www.karadar.net/Dictionary/bach.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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J. S. Bach: His Predecessors Gives overview of his influences, including the German and Italian keyboard schools, French polyphony and organ music, as well as mathematics. http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/articles/bachjs/predcssr.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Tradition and Individual Style in the Motets of J. S. Bach Essay examines how the composer expanded this musical genre within the context of its existing form. http://web.calstatela.edu/centers/Wagner/bach.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach Review of the biography by Malcolm Boyd. Emphasizes the book's strengths, including early influences that triggered his creative outbursts. http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo7/boydbach.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Bach-Portal Directory of annotated links. Listing by institutions, departments and societies, general links, catalogue of works and bibliographies, works, related Baroque composers, his world, performance practice, and Baroque instruments. http://www.bach-portal.com Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach Startpagina Netherlands directory of categorized links from Europe, Asia, and the United States including English, Dutch, and German. http://bach.pagina.nl/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Dave's J.S. Bach Works Catalog Complete works catalog, directory of internet resources, recommended recordings, MIDI and RealAudio files, images, icons, links, and a monthly quiz and CD giveaway. http://www.jsbach.net/catalog/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Biography of J.S. Bach Brief sketch of his life, focusing on his rapidity of composition and technical skills both in playing and maintaining various instruments. http://users.tellurian.net/tom/jsbach/index.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician Review of the biography by Christoph Wolff details the book's contents and points out highlights. http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo7/wolffbach.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Exeter Bach Society News of Bach concerts in the Cathedral which support its Music Foundation Trust. Includes contact and membership information and an events diary. http://members.aol.com/exbach/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bist Du bei Mir: BWV 508 An essay on the controversy over authorship of the religious song Be Thou with Me. Janet I. Wasserman argues that it originates with Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel and was later adapted by Bach. http://classicalmus.hispeed.com/articles/bach1.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Basic information on the composer. Drop-down menu allows focus on specific periods of his life. Links to lives of other composers. http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3228/Bach/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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J. S. Bach Texts Complete vocal works with English translations. Limited permission to copy in programs and program notes. http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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J.S. Bach Archive and Bibliography Biographical information, pictures and the full texts of over forty cantatas. http://odur.let.rug.nl/Linguistics/diversen/bach/intro.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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J. S. Bach: Canons and Fugues Tim Smith's studies of the composer's life and music, concentrating on the contrapuntal music. http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/bachindex.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Johann Sebastian Bach FAQ Devoted to answering frequently asked or heard questions, especially on a basic level, about the composer, his work, musical concepts, or misunderstandings, with links to more in-depth sites. http://www.bachfaq.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Riemenschneider Bach Institute Archive and research institute at Baldwin-Wallace College. Organization, contact, and journal subscription information provided, along with links and festival details. http://www.bw.edu/~bachinst Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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J.S. Bach Home Page An extensive biography, tour of Bach's life in Germany, catalog of his works, bibliography, recommended recordings, and links. Award-winning site, maintained by Jan Hanford in North America and Jan Koster in Europe. http://www.jsbach.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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