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Christoph Wolff

Christoph Wolff, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the Adams University Professor at Harvard University and one of the world’s foremost experts on Bach and Mozart. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Books by Christoph Wolff

  1. Book CoverJohann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician


    Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. A landmark biography of Bach on the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, written by the leading Bach scholar of our age.More

  2. Book CoverMozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788–1791


    A fresh look at the life of Mozart during his imperial years by one of the world's leading Mozart scholars.More

  3. Book CoverThe New Bach Reader

    Revised and enlarged

    "Just reading these documents brings this great composer to life in a most exciting and vivid way. I love this book!" —Yo-Yo MaMore

  4. Book CoverThe New Grove Bach Family


    This composite volume centered on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach examines the work of all the members of the Bach family.More