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Template:Globalize/US A Bach festival is a music festival held to celebrate the memory of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Various locations throughout the world hold festivals dedicated to Bach. A notable example is the Bachfest Leipzig, held each year in the city of Leipzig, where the composer worked as Thomaskantor for the last 27 years of his life.

Historical festivals

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem was organized in 1898 to study Bach's Mass in B minor. The choir performed the American premiere of the complete Mass on March 27, 1900, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, though there is evidence that parts of the Mass had been performed in the United States as early as 1870.[1] Bruce Carey was the chorus's director from 1933 until 1938, William Ifor Jones from 1939 until 1969.

Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival

The Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace University is home to the BW Bach Festival, the oldest collegiate Bach festival in the nation. The festival was founded in 1932 by Professor Albert Riemenschneider (longtime Director of the College Conservatory) and his wife Selma. The then Baldwin-Wallace Festival Choir and Orchestra presented the first Bach Festival in June 1933 and has continued since then.[2][3] The oldest Bach Festival, The Bethlehem, and Baldwin Wallace performed together for BW's 75th anniversary of the festival.[4][5][6][7]

Winter Park Bach Festival

The Winter Park Bach Festival is the third-oldest continuously operating Bach festival in the United States, running since 1935.[8][9] It brings together a lineup of international classical performers to campus, for a two-week event.[10][11][12][13]

List of Bach festivals

See also: Category:Bach festivals

See also

References

  1. ^ Butt, John (1991). Bach: Mass in B Minor. Cambridge Music Handbooks. Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-521-38716-3.
  2. ^ Rosenberg (April 17, 2011). "B-W Bach Festival serves up inspiration on intimate and grand scales". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Bach Festival History". BW history conservatory. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ Oestreich, James R. (May 7, 2007). "Bach's Captains and Foot Soldiers of Musical Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Oldest Bach Festivals Combine for Anniversary Celebration". PR newswire. July 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  6. ^ "The Bach Choir of Bethlehem". The Bach Choir of Bethlehem history. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  7. ^ Gehman (July 9, 2006). "America's oldest Bach choirs joining to make history [Second Edition]". Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  8. ^ "2011 Winter Park Bach Festival". Orlando-Florida.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  9. ^ "Bach Festival Society Commissions New Work by Jaron Lanier". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  10. ^ "Bach Festival Society ends Fred Rogers series". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Top Picks:Bach-analia". Orlando Magazine. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  12. ^ "Orlando Art & Culture Activities: Symphony". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  13. ^ "Just for Fun". Rollins College. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  14. ^ Arizona Bach Festival
  15. ^ Bach Festival of Philadelphia
  16. ^ Bach Festival Society of Winter Park
  17. ^ Bachfest Ankara
  18. ^ Bachfest Bolivia
  19. ^ Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival
  20. ^ Kennedy, Michael and Kennedy, Joyce Bourne (1996) "English Bach Festival". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford University Press. Retrieved online via Encyclopedia.com 4 October 2016
  21. ^ Festival Bach de Lausanne
  22. ^ Frauenkirchen Bachtage Dresden
  23. ^ Montreal Bach Festival
  24. ^ The University of Massachusetts Amherst Bach Festival and Symposium

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