Discussing Bach
ISSN 2633-9951
Discussing Bach is a multimedia web-based publication that succeeds Bach Network’s peer-reviewed journal Understanding Bach (2006–2017). Featuring scholars engaged in groundbreaking research, each issue of Discussing Bach comprises an Editorial Introduction, a link to a live video discussion with optional subtitles, an Authorised Transcript of the live discussion for citations purposes, and a list of further reading and listening. Topic-specific articles may also be published.
The aim of Discussing Bach is to stimulate discussion of new research insights. Scholars are selected to contribute because of the impact of their latest research discoveries, as well as their peer-reviewed publications, whether already in press or under contract, and/or because they are sponsored by a competitive research programme.
Our latest issue: Discussing Bach 9 (June 2025)
Published on 24 June 2025
Church Cantatas After Bach
Editors: Ruth Tatlow, Andrew Frampton, and Barbara M. Reul
An edited live discussion recorded on 15 June 2024, with Stephen A. Crist, Andrew Frampton, Gregor Richter, and Magdalena Auenmüller, moderated by Susan McCormick
Video with optional subtitles (CCs)
Editorial Introduction (full text)
Authorised Transcript (full text)
Further reading and listening
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (BR-WFEB), Bach-Repertorium VII, ed. Magdalena Strobel (Carus-Verlag, 2019).
Penelope Cave and Wiebke Thormählen (eds.), Johann Ludwig Krebs: Endorsed by Bach (Peacock Press, forthcoming).
Stephen A. Crist, ‘Recovering the Cantatas of Johann Ludwig Krebs’, BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute 55 (2024), 261–283.
Andrew Frampton, ‘Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774): A Critical Study and Catalogue of the Musical Sources’ (DPhil thesis, University of Oxford, 2021).
Johann Ludwig Krebs, Complete Vocal Works, ed. Stephen A. Crist, Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era (A-R Editions, 2025).
Gregor Richter, ‘Die Bach-Familie und ihre Beziehungen zu den Kapellmeistern der Gothaer Hofkapelle. Eine Spurensuche durch das 17. und 18. Jahrhundert’, in Knut Kreuch and Alexander Krünes (eds.), “Der Anfang zur Musik …” – Bach im Gothaer Land (Gotha e.V., 2021), 181–196.
Gregor Richter, ‘Zur süddeutschen Überlieferung von Georg Anton Bendas Münter-Jahrgang’, in Joachim Kremer, Norbert Haag, and Sabine Holtz (eds.), Die Kantate im deutschen Südwesten. Quellen, Repertoire und Überlieferung 1700–1770, Stuttgarter Musikwissenschaftliche Schriften 6 (Schott, 2021), 125–145.
Johann Friedrich Agricola: Die Hirten bei der Krippe – Three Christmas Cantatas, Kölner Akademie, dir. Michael Alexander Willens, CPO 777921-2, 2014.
Johann Friedrich Agricola, Gottfried August Homilius: Die Auferstehung des Erlösers – Easter Cantatas, Kölner Akademie, dir. Michael Alexander Willens, CPO 555332-2, 2020.
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach: Columbus; Cantatas & Sinfonias, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, dir. Hermann Max, CPO 999672-2, 2000.
Johann Ludwig Krebs: Das Orchester- und Kantatenwerk, Merseburger Hofmusik, Collegium Vocale Leipzig, dir. Michael Schönheit, Querstand VKJK1306, 2013.
Editorial Team: Ruth Tatlow, Andrew Frampton, and Barbara M. Reul
Technical Support: Alan Shepherd and Yo Tomita
Production Support: Larry Molinaro, John Harrington, Philipp Marx, and James Beckers
With thanks to the Bach-Archiv Leipzig