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Bach for a Hundred Years: A Social History of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Hardcover
20th Century United States HistoryClassical MusicMusic Reference
ISBN13: 9781611460940
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Published: Dec 15 2011
Pages: 266
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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 community to found and perpetuate a group devoted to sharing the music of Bach locally, nationally, and internationally. While The Bach Choir of Bethlehem performs frequently elsewhere, the annual Bethlehem Bach Festival became and remains a magnet for those who love Bach and want to experience his music excellently performed in historic and sacred surroundings.
Successfully balancing the human actions and desires involved in such a complex enterprise has earned The Bach Choir of Bethlehem the title A National Treasure in music and the recognition that it is at the same time a national model for excellence as a cultural non-profit organization.
This is a story of how and why--for over a century--inspiring performances of Bach's music came about and were brought to many thousands of listeners.
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