Playing Bach on the Keyboard: A Practical Guide2 reviews
Richard Troeger

Amadeus Press, 2003

Directs the examination to the nonspecialist player

+ Dry, but helpful

In Playing Bach On The Keyboard, keyboardist and Bach specialist Richard Troeger takes a new look at the Bach keyboard music available - but directs his examination to the nonspecialist player, bringing in historical background and discussions of musical applications of the styles and instruments ...
  
  











  



  
The Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715-17502 reviews
Joseph Kerman

University of California Press, 2005

Another gem from Joseph K

+ Good Book, Deceptive Title, Terrible Performances

I loved this book. The technical analysis seemed very dense, but I suspect I will return to this book again and again for the rest of my life, learning more and more about Bach. I love how the book includes a beautiful cd of many of the pieces analyzed, and how the cd-rom includes the scores ...
  
  











  



  
The Study of Fugue5 reviews
Alfred Mann

Dover Publications, 1987

Unique!

+ It is worth 10 times the price
+ Great for students and enthusiasts.
+ required reading for composers, theorists, and historians
+ required reading for composers, theorists, and historians
  
  











  



  
Study of Counterpoint23 reviews
John J. Fux

W. W. Norton & Company, 1965

Fux Will Leave You Breathless

+ Study of Counterpoint Begins Here.
+ The Standard
+ The Study of Counterpoint
  
  











  



  
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments4 reviews
C.P.E. Bach

W. W. Norton & Company, 1948

historically significant

+ Chapter 2 - Embellishment
+ interesting
+ Great reference for Bach figures/embellishments
  
  











  



  
Interpreting Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: A Performer`s Discourse of Method2 reviews
Ralph Kirkpatrick

Yale University Press, 1987

Kirkpatrick's WTC is Excellent

After reading the review below i wondered if maybe this book IS what I was looking for. So I found it and took it out of the library. I couldn't put it down. I devowered the first 40 pages very quickly(and I'm a slow reader) and realized I had to own this book. It's extremely insightful. It's true, ...
  
  











  



  
Meter in Music, 1600-1800 (Music: Scholarship and Performance)
George Houle

Indiana University Press, 2000
  
  











  



  
Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard (Clarendon Paperbacks)2 reviews
Paul Badura-Skoda

Oxford University Press, USA, 1995

Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard

+ For the Pianist

Thank you to Paul Badura-Skoda for this very excellent and helpful book.
  
  











  



  
The Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach, 2nd Edition
David Schulenberg

Routledge, 2006

The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide ...
  
  











  



  
Keyboard Interpretation From the 14th to the 19th Century: An Introduction1 review
Howard Ferguson

Oxford University Press, USA, 1975

If you play keyboards, you will be a better performer after studying this book

I cannot imagine any serious student of keyboard playing not wanting to have and study this wonderful book. It doesn't take much study to realize that the notes on the page are just the outline of a piece of music. There is a great deal about each piece that is not notated. It takes an ...
  
  











  



  
Dance and the Music of J. S. Bach: Expanded Edition5 reviews
Meredith Little, Natalie Jenne

Indiana University Press, 2001

Bach and Baroque dance

+ Now all we need
+ Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach, Expanded Ed.
+ Dance rhythms and Bach's music
+ Interesting background for musicians, but be careful
  
  











  



  
Keyboard Suites of J. S. Bach
J. a. Maitland-Fuller

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2003

1928. This little volume contains a grouping of a number of short musical pieces written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach wrote twenty-three complete suites for the harpsichord and besides these there are two fragmentary works in the form, one or two arranged from violin compositions, and various single movements, mostly allemandes and minuets. There are also two suites of doubtful authenticity ...
  
  











  



  
Dance and the Music of J. S. Bach: Expanded Edition5 reviews
Meredith Little, Natalie Jenne

Indiana University Press, 2001

Bach and Baroque dance

+ Now all we need
+ Dance and the Music of J.S. Bach, Expanded Ed.
+ Dance rhythms and Bach's music
+ Interesting background for musicians, but be careful
  
  











  



  
Keyboard Interpretation From the 14th to the 19th Century: An Introduction1 review
Howard Ferguson

Oxford University Press, USA, 1975

If you play keyboards, you will be a better performer after studying this book

I cannot imagine any serious student of keyboard playing not wanting to have and study this wonderful book. It doesn't take much study to realize that the notes on the page are just the outline of a piece of music. There is a great deal about each piece that is not notated. It takes an ...
  
  











  



  
The Study of Fugue5 reviews
Alfred Mann

Dover Publications, 1987

Unique!

+ It is worth 10 times the price
+ Great for students and enthusiasts.
+ required reading for composers, theorists, and historians
+ required reading for composers, theorists, and historians
  
  











  



  
Interpreting Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: A Performer`s Discourse of Method2 reviews
Ralph Kirkpatrick

Yale University Press, 1987

Kirkpatrick's WTC is Excellent

After reading the review below i wondered if maybe this book IS what I was looking for. So I found it and took it out of the library. I couldn't put it down. I devowered the first 40 pages very quickly(and I'm a slow reader) and realized I had to own this book. It's extremely insightful. It's true, ...
  
  











  



  
Meter in Music, 1600-1800 (Music: Scholarship and Performance)
George Houle

Indiana University Press, 2000
  
  











  



  
Study of Counterpoint23 reviews
John J. Fux

W. W. Norton & Company, 1965

Fux Will Leave You Breathless

+ Study of Counterpoint Begins Here.
+ The Standard
+ The Study of Counterpoint
  
  











  



  
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments4 reviews
C.P.E. Bach

W. W. Norton & Company, 1948

historically significant

+ Chapter 2 - Embellishment
+ interesting
+ Great reference for Bach figures/embellishments
  
  











  



  
The Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach, 2nd Edition
David Schulenberg

Routledge, 2006

The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide ...