Launched in 1995, Bach Perspectives has become the premier English-language serial book series dedicated to cutting-edge Bach scholarship. The University of Illinois Press now offers the first four volumes in open access editions available for free to all interested readers.

In Volume One, Bach scholar Russell Stinson edits essays from Stephen A. Crist, Michael Marissen, David Schulenberg, and other experts. Topics range from issues of composition and improvisation to works like the Orgelbüchlein and the First Brandenburg Concerto.

Contributors: James A. Brokaw II, Eric T. Chafe, Stephen A. Crist, Michael Marissen, David Schulenberg, and Russell Stinson

| Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Abbreviations Composition and Improvisation in the School of J. S. Bach by David Schulenberg The Compositional History of Bach's Orgelbüchlein Reconsidered by Russell Stinson Concerto Styles and Signification in Bach's First Brandenberg Concerto by Michael Marissen Anfang und Ende: Cyclic Recurrence in Bach's Cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 by Eric T. Chafe The Question of Parody in Bach's Cantata Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215 by Stephen A. Crist The Perfectability of J. S. Bach, or Did Bach Compose the Fugue on a Theme by Legrenzi, BWV 574a by James A. Brokaw II Reviews Christoph Wolff. Bach: Essays on His Life and Music by Stephen A. Crist Keyboard Music from the Andreas Bach Book and the Möller Manuscript by David Schulenberg Contributors General Index Index of Bach's Compositions |

Praise for the series:

"A handsomely produced, even luxurious, series of essay-collections."—Times Literary Supplement

|Russell Stinson is an emeritus professor of music at Lyon College and the director of music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. His books include The Afterlife of Bach's Organ Works: Their Reception from the Nineteenth Century to the Present.