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Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Map of Northern Germany in the time of j. S. Bach
i Early years 1685-1703
`Honourable Thuringians'
Birth, family
Loss of parents
The `Moonlight episode' i6
The move to Luneburg
Visits to Hamburg
French tastes
2 First appointments 1703-8
The Arnstadt appointment
Further influences
From Arnstadt to Lubeck
Buxtehude
The Miihlhausen appointment
The Mdhlhausen organ
First marriage
Letters and writing
3 Weimar 1708-17
The Weimar appointment
Weimar organ composition
Other development in Weimar
The Halle audition
Music for Halle?
The Weimar promotion and cantatas
Pupils in Weimar
The competition with Marchand
4 Cothen 1717-23
The move to Cothen
The Cothen appointment
The `Brandenburg Concertos'
Some other music at Cothen
Death of wife Maria Barbara
The Hamburg recital (audition?)
Second marriage
Some other musical activities
The family
5 Leipzig, the first years
The appointment procedure
New life in Leipzig
The place of cantatas
Some other music
Further cantata cycles
The Passions
Other musical activities
6 Leipzig, the middle years
The first published set of pieces
The royal title and associated music
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