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.

The third volume of the acclaimed series features a roster of scholars analyzing the crucial influence of J. S. Bach's music upon compositions by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Hindemith, and others. Throughout, the contributors highlight Bach's subtle presence in the history of composition and illuminate the intertwined works of Bach and his successors.

Contributors: Thomas Christensen, Ludwig Finscher, Walter Frisch, Stephen Hinton, William Kinderman, and Robert L. Marshall

| Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Abbreviations Bach's Posthumous Role in Music History by Ludwig Finscher Bach among the Theorists by Thomas Christensen Bach and Mozart's Artistic Maturity by Robert L. Marshall Bachian Affinities in Beethoven by William Kinderman Bach, Brahams, and the Emergence of Musical Modernism by Walter Frisch Hindemith, Bach, and the Melancholy of Obligation by Stephen Hinton Contributors General Index Index of Bach's Compositions |Praise for the series: "A handsomely produced, even luxurious, series of essay-collections."—Times Literary Supplement
|Michael Marissen is the Daniel Underhill Professor Emeritus of Music at Swarthmore College. His books include Bach against Modernity and Bach & God.