Title: Bach for a hundred years : a social history of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem /
Authors: Larson, Paul, 1932-
Publisher: Lehigh University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pa.) History.
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.