Eric Chafe (born 1946) is an American musicologist specializing in the music of Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Biber, Johann Sebastian Bach and Richard Wagner.
Chafe holds a PhD in musicology from the University of Toronto. He teaches at Brandeis University, near Boston.
Bibliography
Tonal Allegory in the Vocal Music of J.S. Bach, University of California Press, 1991
Bach's Johannine Theology: The 'St. John Passion' and the Cantatas for Spring 1725, New York, Oxford University Press, 2014 Tears into Wine: J. S. Bach's Cantata 21 in its Musical and Theological Contexts, New York, Oxford University Press, 2015
References
External links
Presentation on brandeis.edu
Review of Eric Chafe. Analyzing Bach Cantatas.