| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: Bach's Musical Contexts | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | Relationships between Scoring and Structure in Individual Concertos | 11 |
| The First Brandenburg Concerto | 16 |
| The First Movement of the Sixth Brandenburg Concerto | 35 |
| The Fourth Brandenburg Concerto | 62 |
| Ch. 2 | The Six Concertos as a Set | 77 |
| Ch. 3 | Lutheran Belief and Bach's Music | 111 |
| Appendix 1: Text-Critical Notes on Early Copies of the Sixth Brandenburg Concerto | 121 |
| Appendix 2: Notes on Bach's Notation of the Gamba Parts in the Margrave of Brandenburg's Dedication Score | 129 |
| Works Cited | 135 |
| Index | 145 |