The J.S. Bach Bibliography (over 1000 titles)
Bach portraits: |1|2|3|4|5|6|7| The illustrated biography is linked to and can be read in combination with the J.S. Bach Tourist, which follows the same sequence of Bach places as the biography and which is a personal impression (with photographs) of my visit to Bach sites in Germany in 1995.
Disclaimer and acknowledgments
These Bach pages were created on a completely non-commercial basis, with the sole purpose of doing some service to the world-wide community of lovers of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, including those that have no access to major libraries or other archives. Material has been collected from many different sources, no originality is claimed, but I am not aware of any copyright violations. If I am mistaken about this or if these pages contain any errors, please, contact me via e-mail (koster@let.rug.nl), so that proper adjustments can be made. I would like to thank the many people who have helped and encouraged me with this project, particularly Jan Hanford, Henny van der Groep and Carol S. Reck.
(please, send your reactions to koster@let.rug.nl)
Last update: December 2, 1998.
This site was chosen as
Cool Site of the Day for September 13, 1995
and
Hotsite of the Week (September 10-16, 1995) by The Internet Music Resource Guide and has been awarded the Cybertown Honor Roll during the same week. Furthermore, it was selected as
Catch of the Day for September 30, 1995 by BATech. Together with The Bach Home Page, this site was
selected as Microsoft Network Weekly
Top Pick and granted three stars by ZD Internet Life and
selected as a 4-STAR SITE by Magellan. For a full
listing of awards, see the award page
maintained by Jan Hanford. Last but not least, I would like to thank
the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen and its computer
department for its hospitality and support. Thanks, everybody!