The ''Bach-Jahrbuch'' ("Bach yearbook" or according to the publication's website "Bach Annals") is an annual publication related to the composer Bach. It is published in German by the Neue Bachgesellschaft in

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. It is the most respected publication for international Bach research. The ''Bach-Jahrbuch'' contains contributions of notable Bach scholars related to recent research of Bach and his family. It also provides a Bach

bibliography Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliography ...

. Begun in 1904, it is the oldest periodical dedicated to one composer. The first editor was the musicologist

Arnold Schering Arnold Schering (2 April 1877 in Breslau, German Empire – 7 March 1941 in Berlin) was a German musicologist. He grew up in Dresden as the son of an art publisher. He learned violin at the from which he graduated in 1896. Thereafter he studied ...

from 1904. The present editor is Peter Wollny.

Editors

(1904–1939) *

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(1940–1952) * Alfred Dürr and Werner Neumann (1953–1974) * Hans-Joachim Schulze and

Christoph Wolff Christoph Wolff (born 24 May 1940) is a German musicologist. He is best known for his works on the music, life, and period of Johann Sebastian Bach. Christoph Wolff is an emeritus professor of Harvard University, and was part of the faculty s ...

(1975–2005) * Peter Wollny (from 2005)

External links

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Neue Bachgesellschaft
{{italic title Annual publications Classical music publications