List of plates page vii // Preface ix // List of abbreviations xii // Introduction 1 // I BACKGROUND TO ARTICULATION IN THE PERFORMANCE PRACTICE OF BACH’S ERA 9 // 1 The primacy of singing // 2 Articulation marks in string playing 35 // 3 Articulation marks in wind playing 47 // 4 Articulation marks in keyboard playing 51 // 5 Articulation marks and rhythmic inequality 59 // II THE PRINCIPLES OF BACH’S NOTATED ARTICULATION; A STUDY OF THE SCORES AND PARTS OF THE CONCERTED VOCAL WORKS 65 // 6 Articulation marks within the compositional and notational procedure // 7 Principal articulation patterns in the instrumental parts of vocal works 91 // 8 Fundamentals of Bach’s notated articulation 113 // III BACH’S REFINED ARTICULATION THE INSTRUMENTAL WORKS 141 // 9 Bach’s role in the preparation of printed sources // 10 Articulation marks in fair copies of works for instrumental ensemble 148 // 11 Bach’s keyboard articulation and the development of the keyboard idiom 164 // 12 Bach and ‘modern’ articulation; slurs as ‘phrase marks’ 180 // 13 Articulation marks in analysis and interpretation 186 // Conclusion 207 // Appendixes 211 // Notes 262 // References 266 // Index of BWV works 272 // Index of names 276