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 8 (January 2025)

Published on 13 January 2025

Analytical Perspectives on the Bach Cantatas

Editors: Andrew Frampton, Barbara M. Reul, and Ruth Tatlow

An edited live discussion recorded on 15 June 2024, with Daniel R. Melamed, Ruth Tatlow, and John Butt

Video with optional subtitles (CCs)

Editorial Introduction (full text)

Authorised Transcript (full text)

Further reading

Discussing Bach 7 (September 2024), ‘The Future of Bach Performance’.

Alfred Dürr, The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text, Rev. and trans. Richard D. P. Jones (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).

Robin A. Leaver, Bach’s Theological Library (Neuhausen: Hänssler-Verlag, 1983).

Ruth Tatlow, Bach’s Church Cantatas (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2025).

Editorial Team: Andrew Frampton, Barbara M. Reul, and Ruth Tatlow

Technical Support: Larry Molinaro and Yo Tomita
Production Support: Larry Molinaro, John Harrington, and Philipp Marx.
With thanks to the Bach-Archiv Leipzig