The official publication of the American Bach Society, Bach Perspectives pioneers new areas of research into the life, times, and music of the master composer. In Volume 10 of the series, Matthew Dirst edits a collection of groundbreaking essays exploring various aspects of Bach's organ-related activities. Lynn Edwards Butler reconsiders Bach's report on Johann Scheibe's organ at St. Paul's Church in Leipzig. Robin Leaver clarifies the likely provenance and purpose of a collection of chorale harmonizations copied in Dresden. George Stauffer investigates the ways various independent trio movements served Bach as an artist and teacher. In separate contributions, Christoph Wolff and Gregory Butler seek the origins of concerted Bach cantata movements spotlighting the organ and propose family trees of both parent works and offspring. Finally, Matthew Cron provides a broad cultural frame for such pieces and notes how their components engage in a larger discourse about the German Baroque organ's intimation of heaven.| Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Abbreviations Bach's Report on Johann Scheibe's Organ for St. Paul's Church, Leipzig: A Reassessment Bach's Choral-Buch? The Significance of a Manuscript in the Sibley Library Miscellaneous Organ Trios from Bach's Leipzig Workshop Did J. S. Bach Write Organ Concertos? Apropos the Prehistory of Cantata Movements with Obbligato The Choir Loft as Chamber: Concerted Movements by Bach from the Mid- to Late-1720s Contributors General Index | "Rich with information on various aspects of the organ music of Bach, the essays are of interest to Bach researchers, organists, organ history specialists, and other musicians, and is a worthy addition to all libraries."—Notes

|Matthew Dirst is a professor of music at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. He is the author of Engaging Bach: The Keyboard Legacy from Marpurg to Mendelssohn.