The "Little Organ Book" is regarded by Bach scholars as one of the composer's most important achievements and by organ scholars as a milestone in the development of the chorale. Organist Russell Stinson, examines the collection from a range of historical and analytical perspectives,

This is the first book-length study of the Orgelb¿chlein, the masterly collection of organ chorales by J. S. Bach. This 'Little Organ Book' is regarded by Bach scholars as one of the composer's most important achievements and by organ scholars as a milestone in the development of the chorale. Russell Stinson, himself an organist, examines the collection from a range of historical and analytical perspectives in a way that will resonate with not onlyorganists and scholars but the average concert-goer or CD-buyer.

A valuable handbook which should be required reading for any organist whose commitment to Bach is at all serious