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The English Bach Awakening
by Michael Kassler, Philip Olleson & Yo Tomita

 

 

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The English Bach Awakening

Knowledge of J. S. Bach and his Music in England, 1750-1830

Michael Kassler, Philip Olleson & Yo Tomita

Ashgate

2004

HC / 478 pp

New book on The English Bach Awakening

Teri Noel Towe
wrote (January 2, 2005):
The English Bach Awakening: Knowledge of J. S. Bach and his Music in England, 1750-1830, has been published by Ashgate. Hitherto this subject has been called 'the English Bach revival', but that is a misnomer. 'Revival' implies prior life, yet no reference to Bach or to his music is known to have been made in England during his lifetime.

The book begins with a comprehensive chronology of the English Bach Awakening, Eight chapters follow, written by Michael Kassler, Philip Olleson and Yo Tomita, which treat particular parts of the Awakening and show how they developed. A focus of the book is the history of the manuscripts and the printed editions of the '48' (the Well-tempered Clavier) in England at this time, and its culmination in the 'analysed' edition that Samuel Wesley and Charles Frederick Horn published in 1810-1813 and later revised. Wesley's multifaceted role in the Bach Awakening is detailed, as are the several efforts that were made to translate Forkel's biography of Bach into English. A chapter is devoted to A. F. C. Kollmann's endeavour to prove the regularity of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy, and the book concludes with a discussion of portraits of Bach in England before 1830.

An order form offering a 15% discount for this book is available on the Ashgate Web site at: https://www.ashgate.com/shopping/title.asp?key1=&key2=&orig=results&isbn=1%2084014%20666%204


Bach Books: Main Page / Reviews & Discussions | Index by Title | Index by Author | Index by Number
General: Analysis & Research | Biographies | Essay Collections | Performance Practice | Children
Vocal: Cantatas BWV 1-224 | Motets BWV 225-231 | Latin Church BWV 232-243 | Passions & Oratorios BWV 244-249 | Chorales BWV 250-438 | Lieder BWV 439-524
Instrumental: Organ BWV 525-771 | Keyboard BWV 772-994 | Solo Instrumental BWV 995-1013 | Chamber & Orchestral BWV 1014-1080




 

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