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Bach for one hundred years : a social history of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem /

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 com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Larson, Paul, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bach, Bethlehem, and Wolle : 1733-1897
  • Creating an American Bach choir : 1898
  • A national success : 1899-1900
  • Becoming international : 1901
  • The Bach festivals questioned : 1902
  • Bach festivals as an idea : 1903
  • A Bach cycle : 1904-1905
  • The Wolles in California : 1905-1911
  • Renewing the Bach choir in Bethlehem : 1912-1913
  • An American center for Bach : 1914
  • "My Bach Choir" : 1915-1933
  • Years of transition : 1934-1938
  • A more comprehensive scope : the third conductor
  • A distinguished career : 1951-1969
  • Connecting with Bach : 1969-1976
  • Mann's last years with the choir : 1976-1980
  • In Mann's footsteps : 1981-1983
  • A renewed choir : 1982-1990
  • "A more sophisticated organization": 1991-1996
  • "A national treasure" : 1996-2000
  • A second centennial : 2000-2007.