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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Table of Contents:
- 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.
