Life of Johann Sebastian Bach chronicled in new book

A BOOK described as "a concise and accessible introduction" of Johann Sebastian Bach
has been published by SPCK. Johann Sebastian Bach: A Very Brief History
was written by Andrew Gant, lecturer at St Peter's College in the
University of Oxford, and traces the life of the composer. Writes
Gant, "Bach stood at a crossroads of thought, the idea of the
individual artist of 'genius' was only just beginning to emerge from
the older idea of the musician as a skilled working artisan or
medieval philosopher."