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  2. Johann Sebastian Bach: his work and influence on the music of Germany, 1685-1750, Vol. 2

Johann Sebastian Bach: his work and influence on the music of Germany, 1685-1750, Vol. 2

Philipp Spitta 2012 © Dover Publications
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  • 9780486274133 (paper)
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  • Music & Musicology
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  • BOOK IV. CÖTHEN 1717-1723.
    • I. ARRIVAL AT CÖTHEN. DEATH OF BACH'S FIRST WIFE AND JOURNEY TO HAMBURG IN 1720. REINKEN. BACH AND HANDEL AS ORGAN-PLAYERS (page I)
    • II. BACH'S CLAVIER MUSIC. TOCCATAS. HIS REFORM IN FINGERING. ADJUSTMENT OF PITCH. INVENTION OF THE PIANOFORTE. BACH AS A TEACHER. THE CLAVIER-BÜCHLEIN. INVENTIONEN AND SINFONIEN (page 30)
    • III. BACH AS A VIOLINIST. THE SUITE AND THE SONATA. WORKS FOR VIOLIN, VIOLONCELLO, FLUTE, &C. (page 68)
    • IV. BACH'S SECOND MARRIAGE. CHANGE OF POSTS. THE FRENCH SUITES. THE WOHLTEMPERIRTE CLAVIER (page 146)
  • BOOK V. LEIPZIG, 1723-1734.
    • I. BACH'S APPOINTMENT AND INSTALLATION AS CANTOR AT LEIPZIG (page 181)
    • II. THE THOMASSCHULE. DUTIES OF THE CANTOR. STATE OF MUSIC IN LEIPZIG (page 189)
    • III. BACH'S OFFICIAL DUTIES AS CANTOR, HIS DISPUTE WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL, AND ENDEAVOURS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF MUSIC. HIS LETTER TO ERDMANN. GESNER'S APPOINTMENT AS RECTOR OF THE SCHOOL (page 213)
    • IV. THE PLAN AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE CHURCH SERVICES IN LEIPZIG. MUSIC USED IN IT; THE ORGANS AND BACH'S TREATMENT OF ACCOMPANIMENTS. DIFFICULTIES OF PITCH AND TUNE (page 263)
    • V. KUHNAU. THE CHURCH CANTATA. TEXTS BY NEUMEISTER AND PICANDER. COMPARISON OF THEIR MERITS. BACH'S CHURCH CANTATAS. THE "MAGNIFICAT" (page 332)
    • VI. BACH'S CANTATAS (CONTINUED) (page 437)
    • VII. PASSION MUSIC BEFORE BACH. THE ST. JOHN PASSION. THE ST. MATTHEW PASSION (page 477)
    • VIII. BACH'S COMPOSITIONS FOR CHRISTMAS, EASTER, AND ASCENSION (page 570)
    • IX. BACH'S MOTETTS (page 594)
    • X. "OCCASIONAL" COMPOSITIONS (page 612)
  • APPENDIX (A, TO VOL. II.) (page 649)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
MTaSCC 26.505 (Mar. 1885): 128-130 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3357911
MTaSCC 21.444 (Feb. 1880): 82-83 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3357964
MTaSCC 18.411 (May 1877): 224-233 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3355417
MTaSCC 23.477 (Nov. 1882): 617 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3358202
MTaSCC 25.494 (Apr. 1884): 223-224 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3359278
MTaSCC 24.489 (Nov. 1983): 617-620 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3355789
MTaSCC 26.509 (Jul. 1885): 418 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3355859
NOT 9.2 (Mar. 1952): 292 http://www.jstor.org/stable/890232
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