Russell Stinson

Stinson has successfully combined biography and analysis to produce a book that is highly readable and accessible to both scholars and enthusiasts. Russell Stinson should be commended for assembling... — Bach BibliographyMore…

Bach's Legacy is a well-researched volume and contains helpful contributions to the reception history of J. S. Bach's music in nineteenth-century Europe — Eighteenth-Century MusicMore…

A unique contribution to the world of Bach studies... Stinson's book offers many enlightening insights that advance the cause of Bach scholarship and performance — Early Music AmericaMore…

A valuable introduction to these unique organ chorales — Music and LettersMore…

A wonderfully readble work of high scholarship ... Anyone with a serious interest in Bach should certainly engage the book carefully and in depth — The American OrganistMore…

I am sure that Russell Stinson's attractive monograph will encourage still more Bachians to venture into the field of reception — Music and LettersMore…

Stinson is always clear and full of admirable good sense; his book is a valuable introduction to these unique organ chorales — Music and LettersMore…