George B. Stauffer
George B. Stauffer is Distinguished Professor of Music History and Dean Emeritus of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He is well known for his writings on the music and culture of the Baroque Era and the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach, in particular. He has published nine books, including Bach: The Mass in B Minor and The World of Baroque Music, and he has contributed numerous articles to American, European, and Asian publications, including The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Bach-Jahrbuch, Early Music, and The Musical Quarterly. He has also written pieces for The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The Weekly Standard. He has held Guggenheim, Fulbright, ACLS, IREX, and Bogliasco fellowships, and he is a frequent speaker at Bach festivals, concert halls, and universities in the United States and abroad.
As a performer, Stauffer studied organ with Robert Elmore, Johan Weaver, and Vernon deTar and served as Director of Chapel Music and University Organist at Columbia University from 1977 to 1999. He is co-author, with George Ritchie, of the text Organ Technique: Modern and Early, which has been issued in English, Korean, and Chinese editions. A past President of the American Bach Society, Stauffer is General Editor of the Leupold Edition of The Complete Organ Works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
