Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Historical Proximity: John Wesley Visits Leipzig in 1738 BY MARK NOLL
Dancing in Bach’s Time: Sin or Permissible Pleasure? BY JOYCE L. IRWIN
A Catholic Hymnal for Use in Lutheran Leipzig: Catholisches Gesang-Buch (Leipzig, 1724) BY ROBIN A. LEAVER
Liturgical Music for a New Elector: Origins of Bach’s 1733 Missa Revisited BY JANICE B. STOCKIGT
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and the Mystical Theology of Bernard of Clairvaux BY MARKUS RATHEY
The Church under Persecution: Bach’s Cantatas for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany BY DEREK STAUFF
Music Historicism: Sara Levy and the Jewish Enlightenment BY REBECCA CYPESS
Contributors
General Index
Index of Bach’s Compositions