The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

Michael Marissen attended Calvin College and Brandeis University.

He is an Associate Professor of Music at Swathmore College and the vice president of the American Bach Society. Marissen has been a visiting professor at Princeton University and the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.

Marissen has written The Social and Religious Designs of J. S. Bach's Brandenberg Concertos and has edited Bach Perspectives 3: Creative Responses to the Music of J. S. Bach from Mozart to Hindemith.

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