Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
- brief biography, caricature, summaries of his choral and vocal, organ, other keyboard, chamber, orchestral, and concerto output, and Naxos discography.
- http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/52.htm

Tradition and Individual Style in the Motets of J. S. Bach
- Essay examines how the composer expanded this musical genre within the context of its existing form.
- http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/Wagner/bach.htm

Acoustic Illusions: Endlessly Rising Canon
- Stefan Scheller demonstrates the illusion of the Shepard Effect using Bach's Canon per Tonus. Includes links, credits, theoretical discussion, and illustration using M. C. Escher.
- http://cips02.physik.uni-bonn.de/~scheller/acoustic-illusions/main.html

Musica Classica: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Classical music dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, illustrations, and MIDI audio files.
- http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/bach.html

The Industrious Herr Bach
- Biography, timeline, quotes, key works, suggested recordings and reading, selected works, and links from Humanities Web.
- http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=31

Johann Sebastian Bach
- City-by-city musical biography with hymn tunes, cantatas, organ chorales, and bibliography from Hymnuts.
- http://hymnuts.luthersem.edu/hcompan/writers/bach.htm

Music History 102: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Biography, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM files from the Internet Public Library. Written by Robert Sherrane, Cataloging librarian The Juilliard School, New York.
- http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/bar/bach.htm

Bach-Archiv Leipzig
- "Our purpose is to collect and examine literary and documentary material about the life, work and history of Johann Sebastian Bach and his family - and to present his work to the public through exhibitions, lectures, guided tours and publications.&qu
- http://www.bach-leipzig.de/

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Detailed biography of the life of J.S. Bach with links to many of his Cantata scores as Adobe PDF files.
- http://www.carolinaclassical.com/bach/index.html

A Study of the Texts of J.S. Bach's Motets
- Tad Inoue of Japan provides an English version of a research paper dealing with the source material and characteristics of the lyrics with an evaluation of these writings.
- http://homepage3.nifty.com/dikaios/CMstudy/English/papers/B-Motets.htm

Bist Du bei Mir: BWV 508
- An essay on the controversy over authorship of the religious song Be Thou with Me. Janet I. Wasserman argues that it originates with Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel and was later adapted by Bach.
- http://www.carolinaclassical.com/articles/bach1.html

Emmanuel Music
- Founded in 1970 by Craig Smith to perform the complete cycle of over 200 sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach in the liturgical setting for which they were intended. Includes extensive translations and program notes.
- http://www.emmanuelmusic.org

Bach's organ works complete BWV listing
- Complete BWV listing of Bach's Organ Works with links to CD recordings on Silbermann Organs from the Baroque Music Club.
- http://www.baroquecds.com/organtable.html

Well-Tempered Clavier: Hypermedia Analysis
- Analytical essays and animations by Tim Smith, performance-related essays by David Korevaar, and Korevaar's performances of the music. [Shockwave]
- http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc.html

Well-Tempered Clavier
- Index summarizing fugue-by-fugue analysis drawing comparisons from visual arts, physics, mathematics, literature and astronomy. Links to scores with digital sound and many resources on the life and works of Bach, designed for a course at Northern Arizona
- http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc

Classic Cat
- Directory of free Bach mp3s made available by the performing artists.
- http://www.classiccat.net/bach_js/index.htm

Johann Sebastian BACH Cantata 198: The Trauer Ode.
- Mourning Ode on the death of Queen Christiana of Poland/Saxony, 1727. Illustrated history, full text, and music samples.
- http://www.baroquemusic.org/198trauerode.html

The Global Bach Community
- An organization devoted to linking and supporting local Bach organizations worldwide.
- http://www.bach-net.org

Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Musical biography with early influences, summaries of instrumental talents, professional positions, and compositions, historical significance, and partial list of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=589

Bach's Life in Pictures
- Color illustrations with captions and music samples documenting the major periods in Bach's life.
- http://www.baroquemusic.org/bachillustrated.html

Oregon Bach Festival
- A summer festival held in Eugene, Oregon directed by Helmuth Rilling. Booking information and schedules of concerts and master classes.
- http://bachfest.uoregon.edu/

Bach Bibliography
- A comprehensive, searchable catalogue of books, articles, theses, papers and facsimile editions on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
- http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/~tomita/bachbib/

The Oboe and the Oboe d'amore in Bach's Church Cantatas
- A well documented examination of Bach's possible oboists, as well as the instrument's range and notational problems, covering compositions from Mülhausen to Leipzig.
- http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/Journal/JNL6/bach.html

Bach's Leipzig in pictures, 1725-1750
- Contemporary prints of Bach's Leipzig showing familiar scenes and some lesser-known facets of Leipzig city life, institutions and facilities. Of unusual interest is the city's piped fresh water supply.
- http://www.baroquemusic.org/bachleipzig.html

mfiles - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Biography and music examples in the form of sheet music and sound files.
- http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/johann-sebastian-bach.htm

Early Music Myths
- Paul Baker of Diabolus in Musica uses the music of Bach to illustrate perceived problems and solutions to various performance issues, including choir size and instrument choice.
- http://www.diabolus.org/myths/myths.htm

On Bach and the Curved Bow
- A review of Michael Bach's performance of Bach's solo cello suites (Mode Records) using a curved cello bow which allows him to play chords without arpeggiation. Review considers the significance and historical implications of the curved bow in the perform
- http://www.music.princeton.edu/~jwp/texts/bachbow.html

Johann Sebastian Bach's Achievement
- Article examining the role the composer's works had in helping to reunite a Europe torn by post-Reformation conflict even as it became the standard upon which almost all subsequent Western music was based.
- http://www.fermentmagazine.org/essays/jsbach1.html

Bach's Method of Transcription
- Study of his compositional ideas using the clavier transcription (BWV 964) of the A minor Sonata for solo violin (BWV 1003). Includes musical notation to illustrate the author's points.
- http://www.delmar.edu/music/bachtran.html

Bach, Mozart, and the Musical Midwife
- Speculation preceding examination of known facts about Amadeus transcribing music by Sebastian. Includes looks at other related composers and certain theoretical studies.
- http://schillerinstitute.org/music/m_rasmus_801.html

The London Bach Society
- Provides newsletter, details of the annual Bach festival, history of the organisation, database of his works and details of sponsership and membership.
- http://www.bachlive.co.uk/

Grave of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Find a Grave details the burial, reburial, and subsequent moving of the composer's remains to Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany with portrait of composer and photographs of grave plate and church exterior.
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4237

Classical Music Archives: J.S.Bach
- Over 1500 complete compositions in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Includes two biographies, time line, download and playing instructions, and links to artist pages.
- http://www.classicalarchives.com/bach.html

BACHorgan.com
- Dedicated to building a community of those who love the Bach's pipe organ music. Includes biography, workshops, tributes, organ schools and purchase information, clip art, jokes, sheet music, recording and book sales, and links.
- http://www.bachorgan.com

Bach Central Station
- A large directory of J.S. Bach resources on the internet.
- http://www.jsbach.net/bcs/

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750), Germany
- Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/bach1750.html

J. S. Bach: His Predecessors
- Gives overview of his influences, including the German and Italian keyboard schools, French polyphony and organ music, as well as mathematics.
- http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/articles/bachjs/predcssr.html

Dave's J.S. Bach Works Catalog
- Complete works catalog, directory of internet resources, recommended recordings, MIDI and RealAudio files, images, icons, links, and a monthly quiz and CD giveaway.
- http://www.jsbach.net/catalog/index.html

Biography of J.S. Bach
- Brief sketch of his life, focusing on his rapidity of composition and technical skills both in playing and maintaining various instruments.
- http://users.tellurian.net/tom/jsbach/index.htm

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
- Review of the biography by Christoph Wolff details the book's contents and points out highlights.
- http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo7/wolffbach.htm

J. S. Bach Texts
- Complete vocal works with English translations. Limited permission to copy in programs and program notes.
- http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/

J.S. Bach Archive and Bibliography
- Biographical information, pictures and the full texts of over forty cantatas.
- http://odur.let.rug.nl/Linguistics/diversen/bach/intro.html

J. S. Bach: Canons and Fugues
- Tim Smith's studies of the composer's life and music, concentrating on the contrapuntal music.
- http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/bachindex.html

Riemenschneider Bach Institute
- Archive and research institute at Baldwin-Wallace College. Organization, contact, and journal subscription information provided, along with links and festival details.
- http://www.bw.edu/~bachinst

J.S. Bach Home Page
- An extensive biography, tour of Bach's life in Germany, catalog of his works, bibliography, recommended recordings, and links. Award-winning site, maintained by Jan Hanford in North America and Jan Koster in Europe.
- http://www.jsbach.org/