REF ML410.B1 A3 Bd.1-5
Bach Dokumente Kassel : Barenreiter, 1963-2007. 5 volumes
*Bd. 1: Schriftstücke von der Hand Johann Sebastian Bachs / Vorgelegt und erläutert von Werner Neumann und Hans-Joachim Schulze. Kassel : Barenreiter, 1963.
Documents in Bach’s hand. (Bach's letters, receipts, etc.)
*Bd. 2: Fremdschriftliche und gedruckte Dokumente zur Lebensgeschichte Johann Sebastian Bachs, 1685-1750. Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Vorgelegt und erläutert von Werner Neumann und Hans-Joachim Schulze.Kassel : Barenreiter, 1969.
*Bd.3 Dokumente zum Nachwirken Johann Sebastian Bachs: 1750-1800. Kassel : Barenreiter 1972.
Printed documents and those by others.
Bd.5 Dokumente zu Leben, Werk und Nachwirken Johann Sebastian Bachs, 1685-1800 / vorgelegt und erläutert von Hans-Joachim Schulze unter Mitarbeit von Andreas Glöckner. Kassel : Barenreiter, 2007.
Omissions from earlier volumes.
English translations and excerpts in English:
*RESERVE Mus Book ML410.B1 D24 1998
David, Hans T. The new Bach reader : a life of Johann Sebastian Bach in letters
and documents / edited by Hans T. David and Arthur Mendel ;
revised and enlarged by Christoph Wolff. New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
English translations of Bach documents (or excerpts) including the Nekrolog and Forkel biography, with citations for locations of transcriptions of originals in the Bach Dokumente (BD).
Bach's Bible:
ML95.5 .B18 no. 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian. The Calov Bible of J.S. Bach. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1985.
Bach’s personal bible with his marginalia.
For an English translation:
Mus Lib ML410.B1 J18 1985
Leaver, Robin A. J.S. Bach and scripture : glosses from the Calov Bible commentary. St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House, c1985.
*RESERVE ML410 H13 D47
Deutsch, Otto. Handel, a documentary biography. London : A. and C. Black, 1955.
Chronological account of Handel's life, based on the Mainwaring biography. Presents annotated transcriptions of all documents, letters,newspaper items, advertisements, contemporary comments. In English.
*Mus Ref Book ML134.H16 A19 v.4
Eisen, Walter u. Margret Eisen. Händel-Handbuch : in 4 Bd. : gleichzeitig Suppl. zu Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (Kritische Gesamtausgabe). Kassel ; Basel ; Tours ; London : Bärenreiter, c1978-1986. VOLUME 4.
*Bd. 4. Dokumente zu Leben und Schaffen. Presents most known contemporary documents with commentary in German. Based on Deutsch's Handel, a documentary biography but more up-to date. Index at back of volume indicates location of documents relating to individual works.
*Handel Reference Database Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH) at Stanford University, 2008–
Includes transcriptions of primary sources by year. Includes annotations for locations in Deutsch's Handel, a documentary biography and the Händel-Handbuch.