The New Bach Reader
Contributors: Arthur Mendel (Editor); Christoph Wolff (Editor); Hans T. David (Editor)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: October 1, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780393319569
First sentence: For well over two centuries, the Bachs were a family of successful musicians, constituting an example that was exceptional even among their contemporaries and has seemed increasingly spectacular to each succeeding age.