Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion
Subtitle: Genesis, Transmission, and Meaning
Contributors: Alfred Clayton (Translator)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 8, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780198162407
First sentence: The attempt to reconstruct the genesis of Bach's St John Passion on the basis of the extant and unfortunately incomplete manuscript sources resembles the work of an archaeologist faced with the task of piecing together an antique vase from innumerable small fragments of pottery.