Bach Perspectives, Volume 12 Michael Finnigan Kurtz concludes by emphasising that

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Bach Perspectives, Volume 12 Michael Finnigan Kurtz concludes by emphasising thatBach's music observed within the cross currents of religion in the Eighteenth Century Johann Sebastian Bach was a Lutheran, and much of his music was for Lutheran liturgical worship. As these insightful essays in the twelfth volume of Bach Perspectives demonstrate, he was also influenced by and in turn influenced different expressions of religious belief. The vocal music, especially the Christmas Oratorio, owes much to medieval Catholic mysticism, and