This book is the most valuable study of Alban Berg's music available in English language. Each chapter in this book is written by an eminent scholar/musicologist from Austria, Canada or US. The book is the most in-depth study of this underrated member of the second Viennese School. The four parts of this volume address four aspects relating to the ability of Berg's music to speak without words. The essays in part 1 deal with biographical issues that may have made such expressive choices particularly attractive to the composer. Part 2 explores various ways in which compositions not involving explicit verbal texts create signification, allusion, and reference, both to persons of importance in the composer's life and to literary works. Part 3 is dedicated to Berg's song cycles, and Part 4 examines Berg's operas. Many musical examples accompany the written text, and informative annotations conclude each chapter. The book is useful both to professionals and average listeners who want to better understand the beautiful music of this composer. There are two other similar studies of 20th century composers that can compare to this volume and they are Olivier Messiaen by Samuel and Henri Dutilleux by Caroline Potter.

If you are interested in playing or studying this Masterpiece By Johann Sebastian Bach this book is a Great help. The book starts with a brief introduction to the WTC then the book asks questions which deal with the work from the point of harmony, form, structure, tempo, rhythm, interpretation and other relevant aspects of the work, there are seperate questions dealing with the Preludes and the Fugues.

Then there is a chapter which gives you the information on how to answer the questions and then each Prelude and Fuge is analysed and model anwers are given to the questions.

Each Prelude or fugue is analysed in depth so there is a lot of information here and this book deals with the Preludes and Fugues in C major and c minor, C# major and c# minor, And D major and d minor, from both WTC book I and book II.

The rest is dealt with in her books vol 2, vol 3 and vol 4.

I'm studying the WTC now without a teacher so this book is Heaven sent, it's well organiced and easy to use and when you go so thoroughly through a work like this you learn not only to play it but you will understand how it is written and you'll learn a lot about music theory as well.

Highly Recomended and I would also like to recomend Andras Schiff's recording of this Work.