J.S. Bach for one hundred years
Subtitle: a social history of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem
By: Paul S. Larson
Publisher: Lehigh University Press; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bethlehem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781611460940; 9781611460957
Subjects: Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pa.); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bach, Bethlehem, and Wolle : 1733-1897; title: Creating an American Bach choir : 1898; title: A national success : 1899-1900; title: Becoming international : 1901; title: The Bach festivals questioned : 1902; title: Bach festivals as an idea : 1903; title: A Bach cycle : 1904-1905; title: The Wolles in California : 1905-1911; title: Renewing the Bach choir in Bethlehem : 1912-1913; title: An American center for Bach : 1914; title: "My Bach Choir" : 1915-1933; title: Years of transition : 1934-1938; title: A more comprehensive scope : the third conductor; title: A distinguished career : 1951-1969; title: Connecting with Bach : 1969-1976; title: Mann's last years with the choir : 1976-1980; title: In Mann's footsteps : 1981-1983; title: A renewed choir : 1982-1990; title: "A more sophisticated organization": 1991-1996; title: "A national treasure" : 1996-2000; title: A second centennial : 2000-2007.