| General Abbreviations | | xii | |
| Acknowledgments | | xii | |
| | xiii | |
| Preface | | xv | |
| Prologue: Bach and the Notion of ``Musical Science'' | | 1 | (464) |
| Springs of Musical Talent and Lifelong Influences |
| | 13 | (20) |
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| Ambrosius Bach and His Family |
| | 13 | (8) |
| In the Ambience of Home, Town, Court, School, and Church |
| | 21 | (12) |
| | 33 | (20) |
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| In the Care of His Older Brother |
| | 33 | (9) |
| Sebastain's Musical Beginnings |
| | 42 | (11) |
| Bypassing a Musical Apprenticeship |
| | 53 | (24) |
| From Luneburg to Weimar, 1700-1703 |
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| Choral Scholar at St. Michael's in Luneburg |
| | 53 | (7) |
| Bohm, Reinken, and the Celle Court Capelle |
| | 60 | (6) |
| The Interim: Thuringian Opportunities |
| | 66 | (5) |
| Early Musical Achievements |
| | 71 | (6) |
| | 77 | (40) |
| Organist in Arnstadt and Muhlhausen, 1703-1708 |
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| At the New Church in Arnstadt |
| | 77 | (15) |
| ``First Fruits'' and the Buxtehude Experience |
| | 92 | (10) |
| At the Blasius Church in Muhlhausen |
| | 102 | (15) |
| Exploring ``Every Possible Artistry'' |
| | 117 | (30) |
| Court Organist and Cammer Musicus in Weimar, 1708-1714 |
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| The First Six Years at the Ducal Court |
| | 117 | (19) |
| Clavier Virtuoso and Organ Expert |
| | 136 | (11) |
| Expanding Musical Horizons |
| | 147 | (40) |
| Concertmaster in Weimar, 1714-1717 |
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| | 147 | (8) |
| Mostly Music for ``The Heaven's Castle'' |
| | 155 | (14) |
| ``Musical Thinking'': The Making of a Composer |
| | 169 | (6) |
| | 175 | (12) |
| Pursuing ``the Musical Contest for Superiority'' |
| | 187 | (50) |
| Capellmeister in Cothen, 1717-1723 |
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| | 187 | (20) |
| | 207 | (18) |
| A Canon of Principles, and Pushing the Limits |
| | 225 | (12) |
| Redefining a Venerable Office |
| | 237 | (68) |
| Cantor and Music Director in Leipzig: The 1720s |
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| A Capellmeister at St. Thomas's |
| | 237 | (16) |
| | 253 | (35) |
| ``The Great Passion'' and Its Context |
| | 288 | (17) |
| | 305 | (36) |
| Counterpoint of Practice and Theory |
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| Performer, Composer, Teacher, Scholar |
| | 305 | (6) |
| Music Director at the University |
| | 311 | (8) |
| Professorial Colleagues and University Students |
| | 319 | (12) |
| Materials and Metaphysics |
| | 331 | (10) |
| Traversing Conventional Boundaries |
| | 341 | (50) |
| Special Engagements: The 1730s |
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| | 341 | (10) |
| Director of the Collegium Musicum and Royal Court Composer |
| | 351 | (22) |
| The Clavier-Ubung Project |
| | 373 | (8) |
| | 381 | (10) |
| A Singing Bird and Carnations for the Lady of the House |
| | 391 | (26) |
| Domestic and Professional Life |
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| | 391 | (18) |
| Balancing Official Duties and Private Business |
| | 409 | (8) |
| Contemplating Past, Present, and Future |
| | 417 | (48) |
| The Final Decade: The 1740s |
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| | 417 | (14) |
| The Art of Fugue, the B-Minor Mass, and a Place in History |
| | 431 | (11) |
| | 442 | (12) |
| Estate and Musical Legacy |
| | 454 | (11) |
| Epilogue: Bach and the Idea of ``Musical Perfection'' | | 465 | (8) |
| Notes | | 473 | (38) |
| Music Examples | | 511 | (34) |
| Appendixes | |
| | 525 | (10) |
| 2. Places of Bach's Activities |
| | 535 | (4) |
| 3. Money and Living Costs in Bach's Time |
| | 539 | (4) |
| 4. The Lutheran Church Calendar |
| | 543 | (2) |
| Bibliography | | 545 | (10) |
| Genre Index of Bach's Works | | 555 | (9) |
| Title Index of Bach's Works | | 564 | (9) |
| General Index | | 573 | |
