The Bachs, 1500-1850

1970, hardcover edition, Thomas Crowell, NY. 340 pages. Black and white photo gallery. Notes provided at end of each chapter. This British author, composer and musicologist has written over 50 books. He knows his world music. Here is the story of 7 generations of the Bach family. "The Bachs were organists and cantors, town musicians and painters, of no ordinary ability." "... the vast number and branches of the Bach family create a constant against which variables of history and music may be projected."