Bach: A Musical Biography

Contents

• Part I . Life and Works:
• 1. Early years, 1685-1703: background, family, studies;
• 2. First appointments, 1703-1708: a young musician's activities and early works;
• 3. Weimar, 1708-1717: the gifted player at a ducal court;
• 4. Coethen, 1717-1723: other opportunities for the maturing composer;
• 5. Leipzig, the first years: a cantor's life, his duties, cantatas, Passions, publications;
• 6. Leipzig, the middle years: other activities;
• 7. Leipzig, the final years: a concentration on the language of music;
• Part II . Observations on the Life and Works:
• 8. What was said, what can be inferred;
• 9. An epilogue.