• Foreword in two languages (Eng/Ger)
• Detailed Critical Commentary (Eng)
• Practical, manageable piano reduction

It is hard to imagine today that the music of J. S. Bach fell into oblivion for about half a century after the composer’s death. His successors at the Thomaskirche preferred simpler homophonic compositions, and by the beginning of the 19th century his music served only as a subject of academic study. The composer and teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter greatly appreciated Bach’s cont...