Johann Sebastian Bach: The Organist and His Works for the Organ

This study examines Bach's organ output, tracing its stylistic roots in earlier Italian and German masters and analyzing forms such as preludes, fugues, toccatas, fantasias, passacaglia, and sonatas. It considers chorale-based pieces—preludes, trios, fantasies and fugues—alongside practical issues of registration and ornamentation for performance. The author combines musical analysis with historical context, offers a succinct biography, and supplies a chronological catalogue and reference index to the complete organ works, aiming to clarify compositional technique and performance practice for scholars and organists.