Review of the hardback: '... this is a book with spaces for thought, infused with a sense of excitement about the material. it is probably the most important monograph on counterpoint in the eighteenth century to have appeared since Warren Kirkendale's tirelessly detailed Fugue and Fugato in Rococo and Classical Chamber Music.' Eighteenth-Century Music Review of the hardback: '... the concept behind the book, its thorough and scholarly execution, and the high intellectual level of the writing, all make it an indispensable study for students of Bach's late published works.' Early Music