Mr. Bach Comes to Call

Mr. Bach Comes to Call PDF Author: Classical Kids
Publisher: Children's Group
ISBN: 9781896449975
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Classical Kids Teacher's Notes provide additional background information, discussion topics and activities by age group with suggestions for exploring the music, which can be integrated across the curriculum

Mr. Bach Comes to Call

Mr. Bach Comes to Call PDF Author: Classical Kids
Publisher: Children's Group
ISBN: 9781896449975
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Classical Kids Teacher's Notes provide additional background information, discussion topics and activities by age group with suggestions for exploring the music, which can be integrated across the curriculum

Bach for a Hundred Years

Bach for a Hundred Years PDF Author: Paul Larson
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1611460948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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This is an account of the actions taken by the residents of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to create a local amateur society singing the music of J. S.Bach and to develop it into a choir of international importance. Singers, instrumentalists, industrialists, academicians, bankers, and churches acted in community to found and perpetuate a group devoted to sharing the music of Bach locally, nationally, and internationally. While The Bach Choir of Bethlehem performs frequently elsewhere, the annual Bethlehem Bach Festival became and remains a magnet for those who love Bach and want to experience his music excellently performed in historic and sacred surroundings. In order to reach and maintain its premier status, the choir, its conductor, its board, and staff had to be experts in music performance and shifts in audience tastes. They had to be responsive to research in performance practice, and skilled in strategic planning, promotion and fundraising. In recent years they had to become competent in sound recording technology and use of the internet. These attributes are described and analyzed with frequent use of documents and personal anecdotes. Successfully balancing the human actions and desires involved in such a complex enterprise has earned The Bach Choir of Bethlehem the title “A National Treasure” in music and the recognition that it is at the same time a national model for excellence as a cultural non-profit organization. This is a story of how and why - for over a century - inspiring performances of Bach’s music came about and were brought to many thousands of listeners.

Cantata No. 80 -- Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

Cantata No. 80 -- Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott PDF Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457480645
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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"Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," Cantata No. 80, by Johann Sebastian Bach, was composed in Leipzig, Germany for Reformation Day and was first performed between 1727 and 1731. It is based on the famous chorale of Martin Luther, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," or "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." German and English text.

The Bethlehem Bach Choir

The Bethlehem Bach Choir PDF Author: Raymond Walters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bach Choir
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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The Bethlehem Bach Choir

The Bethlehem Bach Choir PDF Author: Raymond Walters
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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The World of the Bach Cantatas: Johann Sebastian Bach's early sacred cantatas

The World of the Bach Cantatas: Johann Sebastian Bach's early sacred cantatas PDF Author: Christoph Wolff
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393041064
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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The cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach are among the best known and most frequently performed musical works of the Baroque period. In an illuminating discussion of the musical, literary, aesthetic, and theological aspects of the composers early cantatas, leading Bach scholars place the works in their historical and biographical context. 85 photos.

Carols for Choirs

Carols for Choirs PDF Author: Reginald 1894-1969 Jacques
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014771605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Bethlehem Bach Choir

The Bethlehem Bach Choir PDF Author: Raymond Walters
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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Voices of the Turtledoves

Voices of the Turtledoves PDF Author: Jeff Bach
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271027444
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Winner, 2004 Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Winner, 2005 Outstanding Publication, Communal Studies Association Co-published with the Pennsylvania German Society/Vandenhoeck && Ruprecht The Ephrata Cloister was a community of radical Pietists founded by Georg Conrad Beissel (1691&–1768), a charismatic mystic who had been a journeyman baker in Europe. In 1720 he and a few companions sought a new life in William Penn&’s land of religious freedom, eventually settling on the banks of the Cocalico Creek in what is now Lancaster County. They called their community &“Ephrata,&” after the Hebrew name for the area around Bethlehem. Voices of the Turtledoves is a fascinating look at the sacred world that flourished at Ephrata. In Voices of the Turtledoves, Jeff Bach is the first to draw extensively on Ephrata&’s manuscript resources and on recent archaeological investigations to present an overarching look at the community. He concludes that the key to understanding all the various aspects of life at Ephrata&—its architecture, manuscript art, and social organization&—is the religious thought of Beissel and his co-leaders.

The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach

The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach PDF Author: Robin Leaver
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315452804
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 593

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach provides an indispensable introduction to the Bach research of the past thirty-fifty years. It is not a lexicon providing information on all the major aspects of Bach's life and work, such as the Oxford Composer Companion: J. S. Bach. Nor is it an entry-level research tool aimed at those making a beginning of such studies. The valuable essays presented here are designed for the next level of Bach research and are aimed at masters and doctoral students, as well as others interested in coming to terms with the current state of Bach research. Each author covers three aspects within their specific subject area; firstly, to describe the results of research over the past thirty-fifty years, concentrating on the most significant and controversial, such as: the debate over Smend's NBA edition of the B minor Mass; Blume's conclusions with regard to Bach's religion in the wake of the 'new' chronology; Rifkin's one-to-a-vocal-part interpretation; the rediscovery of the Berlin Singakademie manuscripts in Kiev; the discovery of hitherto unknown manuscripts and documents and the re-evaluation of previously known sources. Secondly, each author provides a critical analysis of current research being undertaken that is exploring new aspects, reinterpreting earlier assumptions, and/or opening-up new methodologies. For example, Martin W. B. Jarvis has suggested that Anna Magdalena Bach composed the cello suites and contributed to other works of her husband - another controversial hypothesis, whose newly proposed forensic methodology requires investigation. On the other hand, research into Bach's knowledge of the Lutheran chorale tradition is currently underway, which is likely to shed more light on the composer's choices and usage of this tradition. Thirdly, each author identifies areas that are still in need of investigation and research.