Dr Otto Bettmann's splendid book shows Bach in all his human qualities, his capable management of his vast family, his humor and business acumen, his eroticism, even his attitude toward death.Organized as a compendium to Bach's life and his glorious music, the book covers every significant subject about the master, including his faith and secretiveness, his interests in numerology and calligraphy, his role in church and courts, and more. Bettmann details why for over a century Bach sank into oblivion after his death and how Felix Mendelssohn, the great composer and conductor, rekindled public passion and the recognition of Bach's genius.