Johann Sebastian Bach : the learned musician /
Christoph Wolff.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- xvii, 599 p. : ill., facsims., geneal. table, maps, music, plans, ports. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-554) and index.
Based on a lifetime of research, this biography reveals the living, breathing, imperfect, real man behind Bach. It shows how Bach's inventiveness pervaded his career as a musician, composer, performer, scholar and teacher.