Eric Chafe

Chafe is a major Bach scholar, and this book will become a classic in the literature — ChoiceMore…

Chafe is a formidable music theorist ... Inalyzing Bach Cantatas is a provocative and challenging book, an impressive blend of historical methodology and practical demonstration. Its author... — Music and LettersMore…

Chafe's interpretation of the St. John detects theology in almost every bar. He notes that over the two parts of the Passion--the first centered on Peter's denial of Jesus, the second on Jesus'... — The New YorkerMore…

One comes away from the book with myriad new ideas and perspectives of the best sort: those that seem so obvious as to occasion surprise that others have not discussed them before — Music and LettersMore…