Peter Williams (1937–2016) was an internationally renowned Bach scholar and performer. He held the first Chair in Performance Practice in Britain at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords and latterly Dean of Music. He was also the first Arts and Sciences Distinguished Chair at Duke University, North Carolina. He was the author of many books, including Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685–1985 (Cambridge, 1985), The Life of Bach (Cambridge, 2003) and J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Cambridge, 2007).

• Preface; Maps; Part I. The Music in Service and Recital: 1. The order of services; 2. Hymns, hymnbooks and singing; 3. Organ chorales as preludes; 4. Organ chorales as and with interludes; 5. The duties of organists; 6. Organist-trials; 7. Recitals; Part II. The Music and its Composition: 8. The arts of composing or improvising organ chorales; 9. Affektenlehre, rhetoric and 'symbolism'; 10. Figurenlehre as a background to composition; 11. Italian influences; 12. French influences; 13. Niedt's and Mattheson's praeludia; 14. Influences on the preludes and fugues: further remarks; 15. Bicinia; Part III. The Music and its Organ: 16. The 'Bach organ'; 17. J. S. Bach's organ reports; 18. Registration; 19. Organo pleno; 20. Two manuals; 21. Temperament questions; 22. Harpsichord questions; 23. The Music and its Performance: 23. Certain details of performance: articulation and legato; 24. Fingering; 25. Ornaments; 26. Certain details of performance: finals, fermatas and repeats; 27. Pedals and pedalling; 28. Three-stave notation; Additions and corrections: Volume i; Volume II; Notes on MSS cited; List of references; Index of names; Index of BWV works cited; Title index of BWV numbers in volumes I-III.

Peter Williams (1937–2016) was an internationally renowned Bach scholar and performer. He held the first Chair in Performance Practice in Britain at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords and latterly Dean of Music. He was also the first Arts and Sciences Distinguished Chair at Duke University, North Carolina. He was the author of many books, including Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685–1985 (Cambridge, 1985), The Life of Bach (Cambridge, 2003) and J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Cambridge, 2007).

• Preface; Maps; Part I. The Music in Service and Recital: 1. The order of services; 2. Hymns, hymnbooks and singing; 3. Organ chorales as preludes; 4. Organ chorales as and with interludes; 5. The duties of organists; 6. Organist-trials; 7. Recitals; Part II. The Music and its Composition: 8. The arts of composing or improvising organ chorales; 9. Affektenlehre, rhetoric and 'symbolism'; 10. Figurenlehre as a background to composition; 11. Italian influences; 12. French influences; 13. Niedt's and Mattheson's praeludia; 14. Influences on the preludes and fugues: further remarks; 15. Bicinia; Part III. The Music and its Organ: 16. The 'Bach organ'; 17. J. S. Bach's organ reports; 18. Registration; 19. Organo pleno; 20. Two manuals; 21. Temperament questions; 22. Harpsichord questions; 23. The Music and its Performance: 23. Certain details of performance: articulation and legato; 24. Fingering; 25. Ornaments; 26. Certain details of performance: finals, fermatas and repeats; 27. Pedals and pedalling; 28. Three-stave notation; Additions and corrections: Volume i; Volume II; Notes on MSS cited; List of references; Index of names; Index of BWV works cited; Title index of BWV numbers in volumes I-III.

Peter Williams (1937–2016) was an internationally renowned Bach scholar and performer. He held the first Chair in Performance Practice in Britain at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Director of the Russell Collection of Harpsichords and latterly Dean of Music. He was also the first Arts and Sciences Distinguished Chair at Duke University, North Carolina. He was the author of many books, including Bach, Handel, Scarlatti 1685–1985 (Cambridge, 1985), The Life of Bach (Cambridge, 2003) and J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Cambridge, 2007).

• Preface; Maps; Part I. The Music in Service and Recital: 1. The order of services; 2. Hymns, hymnbooks and singing; 3. Organ chorales as preludes; 4. Organ chorales as and with interludes; 5. The duties of organists; 6. Organist-trials; 7. Recitals; Part II. The Music and its Composition: 8. The arts of composing or improvising organ chorales; 9. Affektenlehre, rhetoric and 'symbolism'; 10. Figurenlehre as a background to composition; 11. Italian influences; 12. French influences; 13. Niedt's and Mattheson's praeludia; 14. Influences on the preludes and fugues: further remarks; 15. Bicinia; Part III. The Music and its Organ: 16. The 'Bach organ'; 17. J. S. Bach's organ reports; 18. Registration; 19. Organo pleno; 20. Two manuals; 21. Temperament questions; 22. Harpsichord questions; 23. The Music and its Performance: 23. Certain details of performance: articulation and legato; 24. Fingering; 25. Ornaments; 26. Certain details of performance: finals, fermatas and repeats; 27. Pedals and pedalling; 28. Three-stave notation; Additions and corrections: Volume i; Volume II; Notes on MSS cited; List of references; Index of names; Index of BWV works cited; Title index of BWV numbers in volumes I-III.