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Bach Notes
Bach Notes, the newsletter of the American Bach Society, is published twice yearly (Spring and Fall) and is mailed to members and subscribers. The editor welcomes letters, articles, comments, and suggestions, and can be contacted at bachnotes@americanbachsociety.org.
Materials for the fall should be submitted by July 31; materials for the spring should be submitted by February 1.
The newsletter editor is Rebekah Franklin (Oklahoma Baptist University)
Report: Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival 2024 (Christina Fuhrmann) • ABS 2024 Conference Schedule • Report: Bachfest Leipzig 2024 (Yo Tomita) • Review: Rachel Podger, Chad Kelly, and Brecon Baroque's recording, Bach Goldberg Variations Reimagined (Brian Hodges) • ABS Election Results • Announcements • Member News
Bach Notes No. 40 (Spring 2024)
Interview: A Bach-Era Oboe Returns Home to Leipzig (Ellen Exner) • Report: Exploring Publication History at the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (Annika Fabbi) • Interview: A Female Evangelist for Bach’s St. John Passion: An Interview with Dirk Garner and Margaret Carpenter Haigh (Rebekah Franklin) • Publications • ABS Biennial Conference: Global Bach Announcement • Judith McCartin Scheide Obituary • Peter Schickele Obituary • Announcements • ABS Election Results • Member News
Report: The First Ruth Monte Memorial Bach Competition (Derek Stauff) • Report: Bachfest Leipzig 2023 (Yo Tomita) • Call for Papers, ABS 2024, “Global Bach” • ABS Grants and Awards • Announcements • Member News
Bach Notes No. 38 (Spring 2023)
Review: Tanya Kevorkian, Music and Urban Life in Baroque Germany (Derek Stauff) • Documentary Film Review: Bach and Expression (Nathaniel Brown) • Report on the ABS Meeting at Temple University (Vivian Teresa Tompkins) • Announcements • Member News
Review: Michael Maul: BACH – Eine Bildbiografie (Barbara M. Reul) • Bachfest Leipzig 2022 (Yo Tomita) • ABS Conference: “Bach and Authority” (Schedule and Abstracts) • ABS Grant and Award Winners • BachCantataTexts.org • Member News
Bach Notes No. 36 (Spring 2022)
Review: Telemann’s Church Cantata Cycles Recorded (Steven Zohn) • ABS Conference: “Bach and Authority” • Review: J. S. Bach’s Material and Spiritual Treasures (Mary J. Greer) • Recent Publications • Announcements • Member News
In memoriam Don O. Franklin • Nina Raine’s Bach & Sons (Stephen Roe) • Recent Publications • Review: Bach’s Musical Universe (Stephen A. Crist) • Review: Bach’s Legacy (Iain Quinn) • Late Style and the Idea of the Summative Work in Bach and Beethoven (Christina Fuhrmann) • ABS Award Winners • CFP: “Bach and Authority” • Announcements • Member News
Bach Notes No. 34 (Spring 2021)
Review: Ideas of the Author in the German Musical Baroque (Esther Criscuola de Laix) • Review: Bach Updated (Raymond Erickson) • Review: Realizing Thoroughbass Chorales (Siavash Sabetrohani) • Review: Henry Wood and the Revival of Bach in England (Alannah Rebekah Franklin) • Announcements • Recent Publications • Member News
Tiny Bach Concerts • Barbara Wolff (1936–2020) • Bach Beats Corona. A Review of Streaming Festivals (Alannah Rebekah Franklin) • Review: Translating an Institutional History (Chad Fothergill) • Before the Downbeat: Performing Bach's St. John Passion. A Webinar Report (Brett Kostrzewski) • Announcements • Recent Publications • Member News
Bach Notes No. 32 (Spring 2020)
Robin A. Leaver Honored • Farewell Message from Markus Rathey • Review: Two Publication on Anna Magdalena Bach (David Schulenberg) • Review: Sarah Levy’s World (Laurenz Lütteken) • Recording Review: A Passion Cycle and a Set of Epiphany Cantatas by Christoph Graupner (Evan Cortens) • Report on the ABS/MSA joint meeting at Stanford University (Jonathan Salamon) • Announcements • New Publications • Member News
Bach and Mozart: ABS and MSA Joint Conference • Review: The Final Volumes in Dieterich Buxtehude: The Collected Works • Review: Four Recordings of Music by Thomaskantors • Call for Submissions: BP 14 • Hof-Compositeur Bach: A Review of Bachfest Leipzig 2019 • A Report on the Bach Network Dialogue Meeting 2019 • A Report on the 2019 UMass Amherst Bach Symposium • Announcements • New Publications • Member News
Bach Notes No. 30 (Spring 2019)
The First American Edition of the St. Mathew Passion (David W. Music) • Call for Papers: Stanford 2020 • Review of J. S. Bach, The Complete Organ Works, vols. I/9 and II/2 (Matthew Dirst) • The Buxtehude Collected Edition, 1978–2018 (Ronald Broude) • Announcements • New Publications • Member News
Conference Report: Bachfest Leipzig • The ABS and Social Media • A Review of Leipzig After Bach • Conference Report: ABS 2018 • Recent Prize Winners • New Publications
Bach Notes No. 28 (Spring 2018)
ABS Receives $1.2M Bequest • Visits to the Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy: Arranging Bach for String Quartet • Conference Report: “Bach on Screen” at RBI, February 18, 2018 • ABS Biennial Meeting Program and Abstracts • Carus’s New Edition of Bach’s Sacred Vocal Music
New Leadership at the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, New Opportunities • American Bach Society Biennial Conference, 26–29 April 2018 • Zuzana Růžičková: Music is Life • Review of Andrew Talle’s Beyond Bach (Evan Cortens) • Conference Report: “Bach in the Age of Modernism, Postmodernism, and Globalization”
Bach Notes No. 26 (Spring 2017)
“What’s in a name?” (David Yearsley) • Anonymous No More: Johann Andreas Hoffman Revealed (Moira Hill) • Expression and Discrétion: Bach and Froberger (David Schulenberg) • Scheide Grant Winner 2017 • Conference Announcements • A Shark Named Bach
Conference Report: ABS Notre Dame 2016 • Scheide Grant and Prizes 2016 • In Memoriam: J. Reilly Lewis” • In Memoriam: Peter F. Williams • Review — “Geheimnisse der Harmonie”: Bachfest Leipzig 2016
Bach Notes No. 24 (Spring 2016)
The Making of Exploring the World of J. S. Bach: A Traveler’s Guide • ABS Biennial Meeting 2016: Program and Abstracts • Dresden Conference Report: “Sammeln – Musizieren – Forschen” • Ninth Biennial Bach Vocal Competition for American Singers • News from Our Friends at the Bach Network UK
In Memoriam Martin Petzoldt • Remembrance of Martin Petzoldt • ABS Conference Announcement • Johann Christian Bach at Work • Report on the 2015 Leipzig Bachfest
Bach Notes No. 22 (Spring 2015)
Don O. Franklin named Honorary Member • Scheide Grant Recipients • Thomaskantor Retires • New ABS Bylaws • “Written by Mrs. Bach?” • Martin Petzoldt (1946–2015)
Conference Report: Johann Sebastian Bach and His Sons • C. P. E. Bach in America • Report on the Bachfest Leipzig • Results of the 2014 Biennial Bach Competition
Bach Notes No. 20 (Spring 2014)
The ABS Biennial Meeting 2014 • The New Online Bach Bibliography • In Memoriam: Alison Jayne Dunlop • Christoph Wolff Receives the Medal of Honor from Leipzig
New Leadership at the Bach Archive • A Report on the Bachfest 2013 • In Memory of Yoshitake Kobayashi and Kirsten Beißwenger • The Earliest Manuscript of Bach’s Keyboard Partita in C Minor
Bach Notes No. 18 (Spring 2013)
C. P. E. Bach the Father • Ruth Tatlow's Challenging Virtuality • J. S. Bach and Lorenz Mizler • Alfred Mann, Recorder Virtuoso • Report on the 2012 ABS Conference • News from Members
Bachfest 2012 • Redeeming the St. John Passion . . . and J. S. Bach • The 2012 Biennial Bach Vocal Competition • News from Members
Bach Notes No. 16 (Spring 2012)
Modernity’s Dialogue with Bach: A Review of John Butt’s New Book • A Personal Reflection • ABS/EROI Rochester 2012 • News from Members
In Memoriam: Alfred Dürr • Audience Behavior at Concerts in the 1740s • In Memoriam: Blanche Moyse • News from Members
Bach Notes No. 14 (Spring 2011)
Renovations at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig • Book Reviews • The New Facsimile Edition of BWV 33 • News from Members
Bach & Friends: Three Reviews • ABS Madison 2010 • “Bach in Belfast” • Book Review • William H. Scheide Prize
Bach Notes No. 12 (Winter 2010)
Yo Tomita on Bachfest Leipzig 2009 • ABS Madison 2010 • Book Reviews • George J. Buelow: A Tribute • News from Members
Bach Notes No. 11 (Spring 2009)
William H. Scheide: A Tribute • Book Review • News from Members
Jonathan Hall on Clavier-Übung III • Book Review • Bachfest 2008 • From the President • News From Members
Bach Notes No. 9 (Spring 2008)
Edward Green on Chromatic Completion • Book Review • 2008 Scheide Prize • From the President • New Officers • News From Members • ABS 2008 Bethlehem Abstracts • 2008 Vocal Competition
Jan-Piet Knijff on Schenker on BWV 232 • Book Review • ABS 2008 Bethlehem • Bach-Schumann-Brahms Discovery • News from the Bach Archive • Anne Leahy (1961–2007) • News from Members
Bach Notes No. 7 (Spring 2007)
Yo Tomita on the English Reception of the WTC • Book Review • News from Members • William H. Scheide Research Grants
Ulrich Leisinger on Bachian Fugues in Mozart’s Vienna • Newly Discovered Manuscripts • Book Reviews • William H. Scheide Prizes • Vocal Competition • Bachfest Leipzig 2006 • News from Members • Alfred Mann (1917–2006)
Bach Notes No. 5 (Spring 2006)
Hans Joachim Marx on Bach and the “Theatralischer Stil” • ABS Leipzig 2006 • Book Review • News from Members
Russell Stinson on Bach and Liszt • Bachfest Leipzig 2005 • Sara Botwinick on Bach and Geyersbach • News from Members
Bach Notes No. 3 (Spring 2005)
Steffen Voss on Bach and Mattheson • Book Reviews • News from Members • William H. Scheide Research Grant
Peter Williams on Public Executions and the Bach Passions • Young American Singer Competition • Book Reviews • News from Members • William H. Scheide Prize
Bach Notes No. 1 (Spring 2004)
Robin A. Leaver on Ms. Bach P 271 • Christoph Wolff on a New Bach Source • Biennial Meeting Schedule & Abstracts • News from Members • William H. Scheide Research Grants
THE AMERICAN BACH SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
Newsletter, Fall 2003
From the President • A Tribute to Rosalyn Tureck • News • ABS Biennial Meeting • ABS Scheide Grants • Book Review • Re-Imagining Bach • Bach Bibliograpy • Letters • Was Bach a Polyphonist? • Bach Festivals
Newsletter, Spring 2003
Toward a 21st-Century Interpretation of Bach's Ciaccona • News • Call for Papers • RBI Fellowship • Book Discounts • Book Review • CD Review • Select Bibliography • Bach Festivals
Newsletter, Fall 2002
News • CD Review • Book review • Naumburg organ conference
Newsletter, Spring 2002
News • CD Review • Performer's view • Book review • Select bibliography • Obituaries
Newsletter, Fall 2001
News • History • CD Review • Performer's view • Book review • Tool for Research
Newsletter, Spring 2001
News • CD Review • Performer’s view • Book review • Select bibliography
Newsletter, Fall 2000
President’s report • News • Book review • Gerhard Herz (1911–2000) • New officers • Calendar of events
Newsletter, Fall 1999
President’s Report • American Bach Society Events • Lost Archive of C. P. E. Bach Discovered in Kyiv • Book Review • Calendar of Upcoming Events • News