BIENNIAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BACH SOCIETY
“Images of Bach”
April 16-18, 2004
Mason Gross School of the Arts
This meeting is supported by the American Bach Society, the Mason Gross
School of the Arts,
and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Program • Abstracts • Local arrangements • Registration form
FRIDAY, APRIL 16
11 a.m.- Registration (Lobby, Marryott Music Building)
1-2:30 p.m. Opening session (Marryott Auditorium)
Welcome: Robin A. Leaver, President, American Bach Society
Welcome: Rufus Hallmark, Chair, Department of Music
Welcome: George B. Stauffer, Dean, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Keynote Address: Christoph Wolff (Harvard University): “Images of Bach”
2:30-4 p.m. Session I: Compositional Images (Marryott Auditorium)
Lynn Edwards Butler (Vancouver, BC), Chair
Catherine Coppola (Hunter College/CUNY and Manhattanville College): "In his own image: Source and reception in Busoni’s Fantasia nach Bach"
Christopher Anderson (University of North Dakota): "Reger performs Bach: Evidence from the Meiningen Reger Archive"
4-5 p.m. Reception (Lobby, Nicholas Music Center)
5:30 p.m. Recital (Christ Church)
Antonius Bittmann (Rutgers University), organ
6:00 p.m. Dinner independently (ABS Board Meeting)
8:30 p.m. Concert (Kirkpatrick Chapel)
Rutgers Baroque Ensemble
Music by various Bachs for harpsichord, strings, and continuo
SATURDAY, APRIL 17
9 a.m-12 p.m. Session II: Historical Images/Visual Images (Marryott Audorium)
George B. Stauffer (Rutgers University), Chair
Matthew Dirst (University of Houston): "Mirror images of the heroic composer: Bach and Handel in the nineteenth century"
Steven Zohn (Temple University): “Images of Telemann: The 'good-natured kapellmeister' and other myths"
Markus Rathey (Yale University): "Images and imaginations: Fritz Volbach’s view of Johann Sebastian Bach"
Teri Noel Towe (New York, NY): "The group portrait that does not depict Johann Sebastian Bach and three of his sons"
12 noon Society Business Lunch (Rehearsal Hall, Nicholas Music Center)
1:30 p.m. Bus to Princeton
2:15-3:45 p.m. Session III: Scholarly Images (Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College)
Welcome, Robert Annis, Dean and Director, Westminster Choir College
Daniel R. Melamed (Indiana University), Chair
Daniel F. Boomhower (Princeton University): "Images of Bach scholarship: Arthur Mendel and musicological method"
Anne Leahy (Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama): "The image of Bach from a German-American perspective: Gerhard Herz and the modern American Bach movement"
3:45 p.m. Bus to Firestone Library
4:00 p.m. Bachiana in the Scheide Collection
Viewing of Haussmann Bach Portrait of 1748 and other Bach holdings, with
Introduction by William H. Scheide (Princeton, NJ)
5:00 p.m. Bus to New Brunswick
6:00 p.m. Dinner (Rutgers Club)
8:00 p.m. Concert (Nicholas Music Center)
Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir, Patrick Gardner, Director
and Musica Raritana, Andrew Kirkman, Director
C.P.E. Bach: The Hamburg Benefit Concert of 1786
SUNDAY, APRIL 18
9 a.m-12 p.m. Session IV: Cultural Images/Theoretical Images (Marryott Auditorium)
Matthew Dirst (University of Houston), Chair
Sara Botwinick (Philadelphia, PA): “'I must live amid almost continual vexation, envy, and persecution': A psychological reading of J.S. Bach’s relationship to authority"
Tanya Kevorkian (Millersville University): "J.S. Bach’s working conditions in Leipzig: The political and cultural context"
Stephen A. Crist (Emory University): "When is an aria not an aria?"
Peter Wollny (Bach-Archiv Leipzig): "Towards a theory of J. S. Bach's compositional process"
Rooms have been reserved at two of the local hotels in New Brunswick. Contact the hotel directly to make reservations:
Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, 2 Albany Street, New Brunswick
Located within walking distance of Christ Church, Kirkpatrick Chapel, and
downtown facilities.
Phone: 732-873-1234 or 1-800 233-1234
Rate: $105 plus taxes
Parking: $4 per day
Refer to the group name, Mason Gross School of the Arts, when making the
reservation.
Reservations should be made by April 1, 2004
University Inn and Conference Center, Douglass Campus
Located within walking distance of Marryott Auditorium and Nicholas Music
Center.
Phone: 732-932-9144
Rate: Single: $84/ Double: $95 plus taxes
Parking: Free
Refer to the group name, American Bach Society Conference, when making the
reservation.
Reservations should be made by March 26, 2004
Turn off at Exit 9. After toll booths bear to the right; follow signs for "Route 18 North—New Brunswick." Proceed along Route 18 North. After the second traffic light, take the exit marked "New St." At the first light, turn right onto Neilson St. to reach the Hyatt Regency, or proceed to the second light and turn left onto George St. to reach the University Inn and Conference Center, located on Ryders Lane.
· Turn off at Exit 129 for the New Jersey Turnpike and head south.
· Follow directions to campus from Route 18 North, below.
· Turn off at Exit 105 and follow signs for Route 18 North.
· After approximately 24 miles you will pass the entrance for the New Jersey Turnpike and continue on Route 18 North.
Proceed along Route 18 North. After the second traffic light, take the exit marked "New St." At the first light, turn right onto Neilson St. to reach the Hyatt Regency, or proceed to the second light and turn left onto “George St.” to reach the University Inn and Conference Center, located on Ryders Lane.
From Route 1 (North or South)
Turn off at exit marked "Route 18 North—New Brunswick". Proceed along Route 18 North. After the second traffic light, take the exit marked "New St." At the first light, turn right onto Neilson St. to reach the Hyatt Regency or proceed to the second light and turn left onto George St. to reach the University Inn and Conference Center, located on Ryders Lane.
From Route 287 (North or South)
Turn off at Exit 9 (Formerly Exit 5) "River Road, Bound Brook, Highland Park". Proceed east on River Road toward Highland Park until you reach the fifth traffic light (approximately 3.4 miles) at the intersection of River Road, Metlars Lane and Route 18. Turn right onto Route 18 and cross the Raritan River on the John Lynch Memorial Bridge. At the first traffic light make a right onto Commercial Avenue. Proceed to the first traffic light and make a left onto George St. to reach the University Inn and Conference Center, located on Ryders Lane. To reach the Hyatt Regency, turn right onto George Street and proceed into downtown New Brunswick. The hotel is located at the corner of Albany and Neilson streets.
By Train
New Jersey Transit trains travel to the New Brunswick train station via the Northeast Corridor line. For schedule information, visit www.njtransit.com. The Hyatt Regency is located two blocks to the east (left) along Albany Street.
Directions from the New Brunswick Train Station to the Rutgers University Inn and
Conference Center:
Rutgers University Bus Number EE; this bus is free of charge
Weekdays: Every 10 minutes from 7:00 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Every 20 minutes from 8:16 p.m. to 2:32 a.m.
(Thursday and Friday until 3:45 a.m.)
Saturday: Every 20 minutes from 8:10 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.
Sunday: Every 20 minutes from 8:10 a.m. to 1:50 a.m.
When leaving the train station, the bus stop is located on the southeast side of the train station on George Street. It is on the opposite side of the street from the train station and will head away from downtown toward the College Avenue campus. It will then loop back and cut through town.
You are looking for the Katzenbach stop on this bus line. If you ask the bus driver, he or she will help you by indicating the stop.
By Air
The closest major airport it Newark-Liberty Airport. There is a New Jersey Transit train available to the New Brunswick station via the Northeast Corridor line. Rental cars are also available, and driving directions are above.