Shop Nu Bach, the Mass in B Minor: (The Great Catholic Mass) (Monuments of Western Music) – George B. Stauffer

George Stauffer explores the music and complex history of Bach’s last and possibly greatest masterpiece. Stauffer demonstrates Bach’s reliance on contemporary models from the Dresden mass repertory and his brilliantly innovative methods of unifying his immense composition. Musicians, music scholars, students and music lovers should find in this book a wealth of information about Bach’s extraordinary choral work. Stauffer surveys the roots of the “Mass Ordinary” text and its treatment in settings known to Ba…