The New Bach Reader

, by David, Hans T.; Mendel, Arthur; Wolff, Christoph

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Through hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The New Bach Reader, Christoph Wolff has incorporated numerous facsimiles and added many newly discovered items, reflecting the current state of scholarship about the composer's life and music. The readings in this volume provide an accurate and vivid picture of Bach's world and of his far-reaching influence.

Part I. Johann Sebastian Bach: A Portrait in Outline

Background, Career, and Personality

(6)

Heritage and Achievement

(7)

Attitude toward the Art of Music

(15)

Part II. Bach's Life in His Own Writings and Other Documents

EISENACH (1685--1695)

(3)

Bach's Father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Gives a Public Performance (1672)

(1)

Report from the Eisenach town chronicle

(1)

Eisenach Church Records on Bach and His Parents (1685--1695)

(1)

Bach's baptism

(1)

Burial of Bach's mother, Maria Elisabeth Bach, nee Lammerhirt

(1)

Remarriage of Bach's father, to Barbara Margaretha, nee Keul

(1)

Burial of Bach's father

(1)

Bach Attends the Latin School in Eisenach (1693--1695)

(1)

Excerpts from the student registers

(1)

Bach's Stepmother Worries About Waning Musical Talent in the Family (1695)

(1)

Excerpt from a petition for a bounty Barbara Margaretha Bach, widow of Johann Ambrosius

(2)

OHRDRUF (1695--1700)

(3)

Bach Attends the Lyceum, 1696--1700

(1)

Excerpts from the student registers

(1)

Bach's Brother Johann Christoph Writes about Himself (1700)

(1)

J. C. Bach's autobiographical note

(1)

The Organs at St. Michael's in Ohrdruf

(1)

Specifications of the organs

(1)

LUNEBURG AND WEIMAR (1700--1703)

(3)

Bach Is a Member of the Mettenchor (1700)

(1)

Excerpt from the Luneburg school records

(1)

Johann Adam Reinken's Organ at St. Catherine's in Hamburg

(1)

Specifications of the organ

(1)

Bach Is Briefly Employed at the Weimar Court (1703)

(1)

Excerpts from the ducal treasury register

(1)

ARNSTADT (1703--1707)

(9)

The Johann Friedrich Wender Organ in the New Church (1703)

(1)

Specifications of the organ

(1)

Excerpt from the records of the consistory of the Count of Arnstadt

(1)

Bach Is Appointed Organist

(1)

Certificate of Bach's appointment

(1)

Bach's Salary, 1703--1707

(1)

Two receipts from the church treasury

(1)

Bach Composes a Piece of Program Music

(1)

Capriccio sopra la lontananza de il fratro dilettissimo, BWV 992, movement titles

(1)

Bach Is Involved in a Brawl (1705)

(1)

Excerpts from the proceedings of the Arnstadt consistory

(3)

Bach Has Disciplinary Problems (1706)

(1)

Rebuke to Bach for his prolonged absence and improper playing

(1)

Rebuke to Bach for inviting a female visitor into the choir loft

(2)

MUHLHAUSEN (1707--1708)

(10)

Bach Is Appointed Organist at St. Blasius's Church (1707)

(1)

Excerpts from the proceedings of parish meetings

(1)

Announcement of Bach's appointment

(1)

Bach Leaves Arnstadt

(1)

Bach's request for his dismissal

(1)

Bach assigns his remaining salary to his cousin Johann Ernst Bach

(1)

Bach Marries Maria Barbara, nee Bach

(1)

Excerpt from the Arnstadt marriage register

(1)

Bach's First Publication (1708)

(1)

Gott ist mein Konig, cantata, BWV 71: title page

(1)

Bach Is Paid for His Town Council Election Cantatas

(1)

Excerpts from the town treasury register

(2)

The Organ of St. Blasius's Church

(1)

Specifications of the organ

(1)

Bach's suggested improvements to the organ

(1)

Bach's ``Project for New Repairs to the Organ''

(1)

Bach Leaves Muhlhausen

(1)

Bach's request for his dismissal

(2)

Bach's dismissal, as recorded in the proceedings of a parish meeting

(1)

Excerpt from the minutes of St. Blasius's Church on Bach's successor, Johann Friedrich Bach

(1)

WEIMAR (1708--1717)

(23)

Bach Is Appointed Court Organist (1708)

(1)

The duke's order for Bach's salary and compensation

(1)

Bach's Compensation at Weimar, 1708--1717

(1)

Monetary present for Bach on his arrival

(1)

Fees for instrument repairs

(1)

The duke's order for a salary increase

(1)

Excerpts from the ``Complete Chamber Accounts from Michaelmas,'' ducal archives

(2)

The Organ in the Castle Chapel

(1)

Specifications of the organ

(1)

Bach's Eldest Son, Wilhelm Friedemann, Is Baptized (1710)

(1)

Entry in the church records

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for the Organ Builder Heinrich Nicolaus Trebs (1711)

(1)

Bach's letter on behalf of Trebs

(1)

Bach Gives Instruction to the Duke's Page

(1)

Entries in the private account books of Duke Ernst August

(1)

Bach Presents a Guest Performance in Weissenfels

(1)

Excerpt from the state archive

(1)

Bach Signs an Autograph Album with a Canon

(1)

Canon for four voices, BWV 1073

(1)

Bach Auditions in Halle and Turns Down an Appointment

(1)

Excerpts from the account book of the Church of Our Lady

(1)

Bach's receipt for travel expenses

(1)

Text of the proffered agreement

(2)

Bach's letter requesting changes in the agreement

(1)

Bach's letter refuting an accusation of unfair dealings

(1)

Bach Is Promoted to Concertmaster at Weimar (1714)

(1)

Excerpt from ``Reports concerning the Office of the Princely Court Marshal of Weimar at the Wilhelmsburg''

(1)

Bach's Day-to-Day Activities at Weimar

(1)

A note concerning rehearsals

(1)

A list of the Castle Capelle members

(1)

Payments for strings and music paper

(1)

Bach's Son Carl Philipp Emanuel Is Baptized

(1)

Entry in the records of the Town Church

(1)

Bach's Son Johann Gottfried Bernhard is Baptized (1715)

(1)

Entry in the records of the Town Church

(1)

Bach Receives a Salary Increase

(1)

Excerpt from the Weimar state archives

(1)

Bach Examines the New Christoph Cuntzius Organ in Halle (1716)

(1)

Bach's acknowledgment of the church board's invitation

(1)

Report on the organ by Johann Kuhnau, Christian Friedrich Rolle and Bach

(3)

``Menu of the Dinner ... on the Occasion of the Dedication of the New Organ''

(1)

Reimbursement of travel costs

(1)

Bach and Johann Anton Weise Write a Testimonial for the Organ Builder Johann Georg Schroter

(1)

Statement by Bach and Weise on behalf of Schroter

(1)

Bach Presents a Passion Performance in Gotha (1717)

(1)

Excerpt from the private ducal account book

(1)

Excerpt from the ducal account book

(1)

Accompanying invoice

(1)

Bach Takes on His Cousin Johann Lorenz Bach as a Student

(1)

Excerpt from J. L. Bach's letter of application

(1)

Bach and Louis Marchand Compete at the Dresden Court

(1)

A later account by Johann Abraham Birnbaum

(1)

Bach Is Jailed and Unfavorably Dismissed from His Weimar Post

(1)

Excerpt from the court secretary's report

(1)

Bach Titles a Collection of Organ Chorales for the Ecclesiastical Year

(1)

Orgel-Buchlein, BWV 599-644: title page

(2)

COTHEN (1717--1723)

(17)

Bach's Salary, 1717--1718

(1)

Excerpts from the record of the Princely Capelle and trumpeters' wages

(1)

The Johann Scheibe Organ of St. Paul's Church in Leipzig (1717)

(1)

Specifications of the organ

(1)

Bach's report on the organ

(3)

Receipt for Bach's examination fee

(1)

Bach Is Reimbursed for Various Expenses (1718--1719)

(1)

Rent

(1)

Rehearsals and harpsichord maintenance

(1)

Visiting musicians

(1)

Purchase of a harpsichord in Berlin

(1)

Bach's Son Leopold Augustus Is Baptized, with Noble Godparents Appointed (1718)

(1)

Excerpt from the Castle Church record

(1)

Bach Compiles a Collection of Pieces for His Eldest Son (1720)

(1)

Clavier-Buchlein fur Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: title page

(1)

Death of Bach's Wife, Maria Barbara

(1)

Burial notice from the Cothen register of deaths

(1)

Bach Applies for the Organist's Post at St. Jacobi Church in Hamburg

(1)

Excerpts from the minutes of St. Jacobi Church

(2)

Johann Mattheson's later account of the appointment process

(1)

Bach Assembles the Brandenburg Concertos (1721)

(1)

Six Concerts avec plusieurs Instruments, BWV 1046--1051: title page

(1)

Bach's dedication to the Margrave of Brandenburg

(1)

Bach Visits the Court of Schleiz

(1)

Excerpts from the court account book

(1)

Bach Is Married Again, to Anna Magdalena, Nee Wilcke

(1)

Excerpt from the Castle Church register

(1)

Salaries for Bach and His Wife, 1721--1723

(1)

Excerpts from the Cothen Capelle accounts

(1)

Bach Compiles a Collection of Pieces for His Wife (1722)

(1)

Clavier-Buchlein fur Anna Magdalena Bach: title page

(1)

Bach Wards Off a Lawsuit by the Lammerhirt Heirs

(1)

Bach's petition to the Erfurt town council

(3)

Bach Completes 24 Preludes and Fugues

(1)

Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869: title page

(1)

Bach Repairs the Prince's Harpsichords

(1)

Excerpts from the Cothen Capelle accounts

(1)

Bach Complies 15 Two-Part Inventions and 15 Three-Part Sinfonias (1723)

(1)

Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772-801: title page

(2)

LEIPZIG (1732--1730)

(54)

Bach Is Appointed Cantor and Music Director at St. Thomas's (1723)

(1)

A summary account from Johann Salomon Riemer's Chronicle of Leipzig

(1)

Deliberations excerpted from the proceedings of the town council

100

(1)

Newspaper report on Bach's audition

101

(1)

Letter of Bach's dismissal, from the Prince of Cothen

101

(1)

Bach's preliminary pledge to the town council

102

(1)

Proceedings of the three councils of Leipzig on Bach's election

102

(1)

Notifications of Bach's election

103

(1)

Bach's final pledge to the town council

104

(1)

The examiner's certificate of Bach's theological competence

105

(1)

The Bach Family Moves to Leipzig

106

(1)

Report in the Hamburg Staats-und Gelehrte Zeitung on Bach's arrival in Leipzig

106

(1)

Bach Is Formally Installed and Commences His Duties

106

(1)

Excerpt from Acta Lipsiensium Academica

106

(1)

Excerpt from the town council proceedings

106

(2)

Report in the Hamburg Relationscourier of Bach's first Leipzig performance

108

(1)

Dr. Salomon Deyling's Report on Bach to the consistory

109

(1)

The consistory's reply

109

(1)

Bach's Income, 1723--1750

110

(1)

Excerpts from the Leipzig account books on Bach's salary

110

(1)

Excerpts from the Leipzig account books on other compensation paid to Bach

110

(2)

Payments to Bach for maintaining church instruments

112

(1)

Bach's Oldest Sons, Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel, Are Enrolled in the St. Thomas School

112

(1)

Excerpt from the school register

112

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for a Student, Georg Gottfried Wagner

112

(1)

Bach's statement on behalf of Wagner

112

(1)

Bach Performs at Services in Leipzig for the First Sunday in Advent

113

(1)

``Order of the Divine Service in Leipzig'' for November 28, 1723

113

(1)

On Passion Performances in Leipzig, 1722--1738

114

(1)

Entries in the diary of St. Thomas's sexton, Johann Christoph Rost

114

(2)

Excerpts from the proceedings of the council

116

(1)

Flier announcing the change of a performance site

116

(1)

Bach and His Wife Present Guest Performances at the Cothen Court, 1724--1728

117

(1)

Excerpts from the court account books

117

(1)

Bach Gives Two Organ Recitals at St. Sophia's in Dresden

117

(1)

Report in the Hamburg Relationscourier, September 27, 1725

117

(1)

Bach Fights a Worshipful University (1724--1725)

118

(1)

Three letters of complaint to the king

118

(7)

The king's decision

125

(1)

Bach Writes to a Former Schoolmate, Georg Erdmann (1726)

125

(1)

Bach's letter to Erdmann

125

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for an Organist, Jacob Ernst Hubner

126

(1)

Bach's letter on behalf of Hubner

126

(1)

Bach Finds a New Cantor, Georg Gottfried Wagner, for the Town of Plauen

126

(1)

Bach's acknowledgment of the council's request

126

(1)

Bach's report of finding a suitable candidate

127

(1)

Bach's inquiry about the council's decision

128

(1)

Bach's letter of introduction for Wagner

128

(1)

Bach Publishes His First Instrumental Work

129

(1)

Clavier-Ubung, Part I, BWV 825: title page

129

(1)

A dedicatory poem to the newborn prince, Emanuel Ludwig

129

(2)

Bach Writes Testimonials for a Musician, Christoph Gottlob Wecker (1727--1729)

131

(1)

Bach's letter of recommendation for Wecker

131

(1)

Bach's cover letter to Wecker sent with a testimonial

131

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Wecker

132

(1)

Bach Composes a Cantata, BWV Anh. 9, for the Birthday of King August II (1727)

133

(1)

Excerpts from Christoph Ernst Sicul's Das frohlockende Leipzig

133

(1)

Bach Composes a Canon for Ludwig Friedrich Hudemann

134

(1)

Canon for four voices, BWV 1074

134

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for a Student, Friedrich Gottlieb Wild

134

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Wild

134

(1)

Bach Composes an Ode of Mourning, BWV 198, for Queen Christiane Eberhardine

135

(1)

A statement Bach refused to sign

135

(1)

A report on the performance, in Christoph Ernst Sicul's Das thranende Leipzig

136

(3)

Bach Insists on Choosing The Hymns for the Service (1729)

139

(1)

Excerpt from the Cothen court accounts

139

(1)

Bach Distributes Publications by Colleagues

139

(1)

Excerpt from the Leipzig Post-Zeitungen

139

(1)

Proposals for Admission to the St. Thomas School

140

(1)

A letter from Dr. Christian Ludwig Stieglitz, school board chairman

140

(1)

Exhibit B: Bach's report

140

(1)

Exhibit C: An amendment by Bach

141

(1)

Exhibit D: Organization of the St. Thomas Choir

141

(1)

Two additions by Bach to his report

142

(1)

Bach Composes Service Music for the Town Council Election

142

(1)

Excerpt from the files of the town scribe

142

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for a Student, Johann Gottlieb Grahl

142

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Grahl

142

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for Johann Christian Weyrauch (1730)

143

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Weyrauch

143

(1)

The Consistory Forbid the use of Unfamiliar Hymns

143

(1)

The consistory's letter to Dr. Deyling

143

(1)

Bach Is Reproached, and He Responds at Length

144

(1)

Excerpts from the minutes of the council meetings

144

(1)

Bach's ``Short But Most Necessary Draft for a Well-Appointed Church Music''

145

(6)

Bach Seeks Another Position

151

(1)

Bach's letter to Georg Erdmann, Imperial Russian Residence agent in Danzig

151

(2)

LEIPZIG (1731--1740)

153

(57)

Bach Writes Two Testimonials (1731)

153

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Johann Adolph Scheibe

153

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Johann Christoph Dorn

153

(1)

Bach Publishes Partitas Nos. 1--6

154

(1)

Clavier--Ubung, Part I, BWV 825--830: title page

154

(1)

Bach Receives Liquor Tax Revenues (1732)

155

(1)

Bach's receipt to the liquor tax collector

155

(1)

Bach Examines a Rebuilt Organ in Kassel

155

(1)

Excerpt from the Kassel Polizey--und Commerzienzeitung

155

(1)

Excerpt from the account books

155

(1)

Bach Holds Collegium Musicum Concerts (1733)

156

(1)

Announcement from the Nachricht auch Frag u. Anzeiger, Leipzig

156

(1)

Special announcement of the resumption of concerts following a mourning period

156

(1)

Bach Dedicates His Mass in B Minor to the Dresden Court and Asks the Elector to Grant Him a Title

156

(1)

Missa (Kyrie and Gloria), BWV 232: performing parts, title wrapper

156

(2)

Bach's letter accompanying the Mass

158

(1)

Bach Joins with the Organist and Rector in Prostesting the Nonpayment of Fees

159

(1)

Letter from Bach, Johann Schneider, and Johann Matthias Gesner to the council

159

(1)

Letter from Bach, Schneider, and Gesner to the consistory

160

(1)

Bach Annotates His Bible

161

(1)

Excerpts from Bach's marginal comments in his copy of Abraham Calov's edition of the Lutheran Bible

161

(1)

Bach Composes a Perpetual Canon (1734)

162

(1)

Canon for two voices, BWV 1075

162

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for a Student, Paul Christian Stolle

162

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Stolle

162

(1)

Lorenz Cristoph Mizler Dedicates His Academic Thesis to Bach and Others

163

(1)

Mizler's dedication

163

(1)

Excerpt from Mizler's preface

163

(1)

Bach's Collegium Musicum Celebrates the King's Name Day

163

(1)

Announcement in the Leipziger Zeitungen

163

(1)

Bach Performs a Drama per Musica before the King and Queen

164

(1)

Preise dein Glucke, gesegnetes Sachsen, cantata, BWV 215: printed text, title page

164

(1)

Bach's receipt for his payment

164

(1)

Report of the festivities in the Leipzig town chronicle

164

(3)

Bach Publishes His French Overture and Italian Concerto (1735)

167

(1)

Clavier-Ubung, Part II, BWV 831 and 971: title page

167

(1)

Bach Writes to Muhlhausen on Behalf of His Son Johann Gottfried Bernhard

167

(1)

Bach's letter to Tobias Rothschier, senior of the town council

167

(2)

Bach's letter to Burgomaster Christian Petri

169

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for a Student, Johann Ludwig Krebs

170

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Krebs

170

(1)

Bach Composes and Arranges the Music for a Published Hymnal (1736)

170

(1)

Musicalisches Gesang-Buch of Georg Christian Schemelli (Leipzig, 1736): title page

170

(1)

Excerpt from Schemelli's preface

170

(2)

Bach Disputes Rector Johann Heinrich Ernesti About the Right to Appoint the Prefects

172

(1)

A later summary account from Johann Friedrich Kohler's Historia Scholarum Lipsiensium

172

(1)

Bach's first complaint to the Leipzig town council

172

(1)

Bach's second complaint to the council

173

(2)

Bach's third complaint to the council

175

(1)

Ernesti's reply to the council

176

(6)

Bach's fourth complaint to the council

182

(1)

Ernesti's rebuttal of Bach's third complaint

183

(2)

Bach Holds Weekly Concerts at Zimmermann's Coffeehouse

185

(1)

``Announcement of the Musical Concerts at Leipzig'' in Lorenz Christoph Mizler's Neu eroffnete Musikalische Bibliothek

185

(1)

Bach Writes to Sangerhausen on Behalf of His Son Johann Gottfried Bernhard

186

(1)

Bach's first letter to the Sangerhausen town council

186

(1)

Bach's second letter to the Sangerhausen town council

187

(1)

Bach Is Appointed Royal Court Composer

188

(1)

``Certificate for Johann Sebastian Bach as compositeur to the royal court orchestra''

188

(1)

Bach Plays an Ogan Recital in Dresden

188

(1)

Excerpt from the Dresdner Nachrichten

188

(1)

Bach's Dispute with Ernesti Continues (1737)

189

(1)

Decree of the town council

189

(1)

Bach's first appeal to the consistory

190

(2)

Bach's second appeal to the consistory

192

(2)

Bach's appeal to the king

194

(1)

The king's decree

195

(1)

Bach Writes Testimonials for a Student, Bernhard Dietrich Ludewig

196

(1)

Bach's first testimonial on behalf of Ludewig

196

(1)

Bach's second testimonial on behalf of Ludewig

196

(1)

Bach Presents a Cantata for the Visit of the King and the Betrothal of Princess Amalia (1738)

197

(1)

Excerpt from Johann Salomon Riemer's Chronicle of Leipzig

197

(1)

Willkommen! Ihr herrschenden Gotter der Erden, cantata, BWV Anh. 13: printed text, title page

197

(2)

Bach's receipt for his payment

199

(1)

Johann Elias Bach Orders Gifts for Bach and his Wife, Anna Magdalena

199

(1)

J. E. Bach's letter, from his correspondence book

199

(1)

Bach Writes About Debts Incurred by his Son Johann Gottfried Bernhard

200

(1)

Bach's letter to Johann Friedrich Klemm

200

(1)

Bach's letter to Anna Margarete Klemm

201

(1)

Bach Publishes a Collection of Organ Works

202

(1)

Johann Elias Bach's invitation for subscribers

202

(1)

Clavier-Ubung, Part III, BWV 552, 669--689, and 802--805: title page

202

(1)

Collegium Musicum Is Defined, with a Reference to Bach

203

(1)

Entry in Johann Heinrich Zedler's Grosses Universal Lexicon

203

(1)

Bach Is Cautioned by the Council about a Passion Performance

204

(1)

Excerpt from the Leipzig town council archives

204

(1)

Bach's Cousin and Private Secretary, Johann Elias Bach, Corresponds

204

(1)

Excerpt from a letter to Johann Wilhelm Koch

204

(1)

Invitation to Koch, on behalf of Bach, to attend a performance

204

(1)

Excerpt from a letter asking his sister to send wine for Bach

205

(1)

Excerpt from a thank-you letter, on behalf of Bach, to Johann Leberecht Schneider

205

(1)

Excerpt from a second thank-you letter to J.L. Schneider

206

(1)

Bach Writes Out Through-Bass Rules (1740--1745)

206

(1)

``Some Most Necessary Rules of Thorough Bass by J.S.B.''

206

(1)

Bach Reports on Candidates for an Assistant's Post at the St. Thomas School (1740)

207

(1)

Bach's report

207

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for a Student, Christian Friedrich Schemelli

208

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Schemelli

208

(1)

Johann Elias Bach Corresponds Further

208

(1)

Letter to Cantor Johann Georg Hille inquiring about a songbird

208

(1)

Excerpt from a letter to Simon von Meyer acknowledging a gift of carnations for Anna Magdalena Bach

209

(1)

LEIPZIG (1741--1751)

210

(51)

Bach on Lending Out Music (1741)

210

(1)

Excerpt from a letter of Johann Elias Bach to Johann Wilhelm Koch, January 28, 1741

210

(1)

Bach Resolves a Canon by Teodoro Riccio

211

(1)

Resolution of a puzzle canon

211

(1)

Bach Acknowledges a Gift of Venison from Johann Leberecht Schneider

211

(1)

Bach's letter to Schneider

211

(1)

Anna Magdalena Bach Falls Ill

212

(1)

Johann Elias Bach's letter informing Bach of his wife's illness

212

(1)

Johann Elias Bach's letter updating Bach on his wife's condition

213

(1)

Anna Magdalena Bach's letter of regret to Johann Leberecht Schneider

213

(1)

Bach's Goldberg Variations are Published

214

(1)

Clavier-Ubung, Part IV, Aria mit verschiedenen Veraenderungen, BWV 988: title page

214

(2)

Bach Is Thanked by His Cousin Johann Elias Bach (1742)

216

(1)

J. E. Bach's letter to Bach

216

(1)

Bach Completes 24 More Preludes and Fugues

216

(1)

Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, Book II, BWV 870--893: title page

216

(2)

Bach Participates in a Book Auction

218

(1)

Auction receipt

218

(1)

Bach Performs Services under Terms of the Nathan Legacy

218

(1)

Bach's receipt for memorial service payment

218

(1)

Bach's receipt for St. Sabina's Day funeral song

218

(1)

Bach Writes Testimonials for Two Students (1742--1743)

219

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Johann Georg Heinrich

219

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Christian Gottlob Wunsch

219

(1)

Bach Receives Liquor Tax Revenues (1743)

220

(1)

Bach's receipt to the liquor tax collector

220

(1)

Bach Auditions Carl Friedrich Pfaffe for Assistant Town Piper (1745)

220

(1)

Bach's report on Pfaffe

220

(1)

Bach Examines the New Johann Scheibe Organ in Zschortau (1746)

221

(1)

Bach's report on the organ

221

(1)

Bach Examines the Zacharias Hildebrandt Organ of St. Wenceslas's in Naumburg

221

(1)

Report on the organ, by Bach and Gottfried Silbermann

221

(1)

Bach Composes a Canon on the Harmonic Triad

222

(1)

Canon for eight voices, BWV 1072

222

(1)

Bach's ``Schubler'' Chorales for Organ Are Published (1746)

223

(1)

Sechs Chorale, BWV 645--650: title page

223

(1)

Bach Visits Frederick the Great (1747)

224

(1)

Report in the Spenersche Zeitung, Berlin

224

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for Johann Christoph Altnickol

224

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Altnickol

224

(1)

Bach Joins the Society for Musical Sciences and Composes Two Works for the Society

225

(1)

Report in Lorenz Christoph Mizler's Neu-eroffnete musikalische Bibliothek

225

(1)

Canon for six voices, BWV 1076

225

(1)

Einige canonische Veraenderungen uber das WeynachtLied, ``Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her,'' BWV 769: title page

226

(1)

Bach Publishes the Musical Offering, Dedicated to Frederick the Great

226

(1)

Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: title page

226

(1)

Bach's dedication

226

(2)

Entry in Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf's account books

228

(1)

Excerpt from a letter by Lorenz Christoph Mizler to Meinrad Spiess

228

(1)

Publication announcement in the Extract der eingelauffenen Nouvellen

229

(1)

Bach Leases a Clavier to a Nobleman and Provides Lessons

229

(1)

Two Bach receipts for loan payments

229

(1)

Bach's receipt for a lesson

230

(1)

Bach Dedicates a Canon to Johann Gottfried Fulde

230

(1)

Canon for five voices, BWV 1077

230

(1)

Bach Writes More Testimonials for Johann Christoph Altinickol (1748)

231

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Altnickol

231

(1)

Bach's letter to the Naumburg town council recommending Altnickol

231

(1)

Bach's letter to the burgomaster of Naumburg recommending Altnickol

232

(1)

Bach Writes a Testimonial for the Organ Builder Heinrich Andreas Cuntzius

233

(1)

Bach's testimonial on behalf of Cuntzius

233

(1)

Bach Waits Impatiently for a Harpsichord from Johann Georg Martius

233

(1)

Bach's dunning letter to Martius

233

(1)

Bach Writes to Johann Elias Bach

234

(1)

Bach's letter concerning a copy of the ``Prussian Fugue''

234

(1)

Bach's letter concerning a cask of wine

234

(2)

Bach Composes Two Canons for Autograph Albums (1749)

236

(1)

Canon for seven voices, BWV 1078

236

(1)

Canon for two voices, BWV 1086

236

(2)

Bach Receives a Commission from Count Johann Adam von Questenberg

238

(1)

Excerpt from a letter to the count from Franz Ernst Wallis

238

(1)

Bach Sells a Fortepiano

239

(1)

Bach's receipt for his payment

239

(1)

Bach Writes Testimonials for a Student, Johann Nathanael Bammler

239

(1)

Bach's first statement on behalf of Bammler, from the town archive, Eilenburg

239

(1)

Bach's second statement on behalf of Bammler, from the town archive, Eilenburg

239

(1)

Gottlob Harrer Is Suggested as a Successor to Bach

240

(1)

Letter of introduction from Count Heinrich von Bruhl for Harrer

240

(1)

Excerpt from Johann Salomon Riemer's Chronicle of Leipzing on Harrer's trial performance

240

(1)

Bach Thanks Count Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe In Buckeburg for a Memento

241

(1)

Bach's letter thanking the count

241

(1)

Bach Supports Johann Georg Schroter in a Conflict with Rector Johann Gottlieb Biedermann

241

(1)

Excerpt from a communication by Georg Friedrich Einike, cantor and music director at Frankenhausen

241

(2)

Bach Undergoes Eye Surgery (1750)

243

(1)

Reports in the Berliner Privilegirte Zeitung

243

(1)

Excerpt from The History of the Travels and Adventures of the Chevalier Taylor, Ophthalmiater, describing the operation

244

(1)

Bach's Death

244

(1)

Excerpt from the Leipzig burial register

244

(1)

Announcement read from the pulpit of St. Thomas's

244

(1)

Death notice from the Spenersche Zeitung, Berlin

245

(1)

Bach's Successor as Cantor Is Chosen and Installed

245

(1)

Excerpts from the proceedings of the Leipzig town council

245

(2)

Excerpt from Johann Salomon Riemer's Chronicle of Leipzig on the installation of the new cantor

247

(1)

Bach's Widow, Anna Magdalena, Petitions the Leipzig Town Council and the University

248

(1)

Anna Magdalena Bach's petition to the council for a death benefit

248

(1)

Anna Magdalena Bach's first petition to the university for guardianship of her children

248

(1)

Anna Magdalena Bach's second petition to the university for guardianship of her children

249

(1)

Bach's Estate

250

(1)

``Specification of the Estate Left by the Late Mr. Johann Sebastian Bach''

250

(6)

Bach's Art of Fugue Is Published Posthumously (1751)

256

(1)

A note written on the proof sheets by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

256

(1)

Avertissement by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in the Critische Nachrichten aus dem Reiche der Gelehrsamkeit

256

(2)

Publication announcement by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in the Leipziger Zeitungen

258

(1)

Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: title pages

258

(1)

``Notice'' on the back of the title page of the first edition

258

(2)

A later note appended by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to the unfinished fugue

260

(1)

BACH'S MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS

261

(259)

Introductory Note

261

(1)

Facsimiles

262

(1)

Wie scbon leuchtet der Morgenstern, organ chorale prelude, BWV 739 (1705 or earlier)

263

(1)

Gott ist mein Konig, cantata, BWV 71 (1708)

264

(1)

Ich hatte viel Bekummernis, cantata, BWV 21 (1714)

265

(1)

Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, cantata, BWV 132 (1715)

266

(1)

Sonata in G Minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1001 (1720)

267

(1)

Magnificat, in E-flat Major, BWV 243a (1723)

268

(1)

Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, cantata, BWV 65 (1724)

269

(1)

Suite in G Minor for Lute, BWV 995 (c. 1727--1732)

270

(1)

Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, motet, BWV 226 (1729)

271

(1)

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, second version (1736)

272

(1)

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude in G Minor, BWV 885/1 (1739--1742)

273

(1)

Mass in B Minor, Symbolum Nicenum, BWV 232 (1748--1749)

274

(1)

The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: unfinished fugue (1748--1749)

275

(1)

Trio Sonata in C Major for Organ, BWV 529: copied by Anna Magdalena Bach (c. 1727)

276

(1)

Himmelskonig, sei willkommen, cantata, BWV 182 (Leipzig version): alto part, copied by Johann Andreas Kuhnau (1724)

277

(1)

Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, cantata, BWV 130: alto part, copied by Christian Gottlieb Meissner (1724)

278

(4)

Part III. Early Biographical Documents on Bach

Genealogy

281

(1)

Introductory Note

281

(1)

The Historical Bach Family Tree: two versions

282

(1)

``Origin of the Musical Bach Family'': genealogical notes by Bach, with additions by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and others

283

(11)

Biographical Accounts

294

(1)

``Bach (Joh. Sebastian),'' entry in Johann Gottfried Walther's Musicalisches Lexicon (1732)

294

(1)

Manuscript additions in Walther's personal copy of his Lexicon

295

(2)

Obituary (1750/1754)

295

(2)

Introductory Note

295

(2)

``The World-Famous Organist, Mr. Johann Sebastian Bach, Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court Composer, and Music Director in Leipzig'' obituary by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Friedrich Agricola

297

(14)

Part IV. Bach as Viewed His Contemporaries

Poems of Praise

311

(1)

``A pleasant brook''

311

(1)

Johann Gottlob Kittel

``If in dim ages past''

312

(1)

Ludwig Friedrich Hudemann

``O day, come often!'' an anonymous birthday poem (c. 1735)

312

(1)

``Vivat: J S B,'' an anonymous congratulatory poem engraved on a crystal goblet

313

(1)

``Sonnet on the Late Cappelmeister Bach''

313

(5)

Georg Philipp Telemann

Bach The Teacher

314

(4)

Introductory Note: An Overview of Bach's Pupils

314

(4)

Studying with Bach in Weimar: excerpts from the files of the Augsburg Evangelical Scholarchat on Philipp David Krauter (1711--1713)

318

(2)

Excerpt from a letter of application for an organist post in Gorlitz

320

(1)

Johann Caspar Vogler

On Bach's teaching of composition

320

(1)

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

The education of Bach's pupil Heinrich Nicolaus Gerber

321

(1)

Ernst Ludwig Gerber

Johann Philipp Kirnberger and Bach

322

(1)

Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

A reminiscence by the last of Bach's pupils

323

(1)

Johann Christian Kittel

Reports and Reviews

323

(1)

Introductory Note

323

(1)

The first reference to Bach in print, from Das beschutzte Orchestre

324

(1)

Johann Mattheson

On Bach's declamation

325

(1)

Johann Mattheson

On Bach the keyboard player

325

(1)

Georg Ludwig Heinrich Schwanenberger

On Bach, Frescobaldi, and Carissimi, and on three famous B's (Buxtehude, Bachelbel, and Bach)

325

(1)

Martin Heinrich Fuhrmann

On holdings of Buxtehude and Bach manuscripts

326

(1)

Johann Gottfried Walther

On the difficulty of partita by Graupner and Bach

326

(1)

Johann Mattheson

On large-scale Passion music

326

(1)

Christian Gerber

On the German style in clavier music

327

(1)

Johann Adolph Scheibe

On a fugue subject by Bach

327

(1)

Johann Mattheson

On Bach's thorough-bass playing

328

(1)

Lorenz Christoph Mizler

On Bach's playing and conducting

328

(1)

Johann Matthias Gesner

On Bach's canon for Hudemann

329

(1)

Johann Mattheson

On the greatest masters of the organ

330

(1)

Johann Mattheson

On the Italian Concerto

331

(1)

Johann Adolph Scheibe

On florid expression

332

(1)

Johann Adolph Scheibe

On Part III of the Clavier-Ubung

333

(1)

Lorenz Christoph Mizler

On meeting Bach

333

(1)

Johann Francisci

On traveling to Leipzig to hear Bach

333

(1)

Johann Balthasar Reimann

On Bach warming up

333

(1)

Theodor Leberecht Pitschel

On being acquainted with Bach

334

(1)

Johann Christian Voigt

On Bach's pedal playing

334

(1)

Constantin Bellermann

A dedication to Bach, from the Third Half-Dozen Sonatinas for the Clavier

335

(1)

Georg Andreas Sorge

On Bach's instructions for playing chorales

336

(1)

Johann Gotthilf Ziegler

On Bach's criticism of Gottfried Silbermann's system of temperament

336

(1)

Georg Andreas Sorge

On Bach's adroitness in preluding chorales, from the preface to the First Part of Preludes to Well-Known Chorale Tunes

336

(2)

Georg Andreas Sorge

Criticism and Defense: A Controversy

337

(1)

Introductory Note

337

(1)

``Letter from an Able Musikant Abroad''

338

(1)

Johann Adolph Scheibe

``Impartial Comments on a Questionable Passage in the Sixth Number of Der Critische Musicus''

338

(10)

Johann Abraham Birnbaum

A reply

348

(1)

Scheibe

Refutations of Scheibe

349

(1)

Lorenz Christoph Mizler

A satire, by ``Cornelius'' [Scheibe] (1739)

350

(2)

A summary account of the controversy

352

(5)

Christoph Gottlieb Schroter

Part V. Bach in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century

General Accounts and Critical Estimates

357

(1)

Introductory Note

357

(1)

On the merits of Bach

357

(1)

Johann Friedrich Agricola

On Bach's eminence in the development of organ playing

358

(1)

Johann Joachim Quantz

On strict and free fugue

359

(1)

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

On keyboard fingering

359

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Dedication for the Treatise on the Fugue, Part II

360

(1)

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

On the depth of Bach's compositional art

361

(1)

Johann Michael Schmidt

On Bach's thorough-bass playing

362

(1)

Johann Friedrich Daube

On Bach's organ chorales

362

(1)

Jakob Adlung

Bach's views on variety and declamation in fugal composition

363

(1)

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

Notes quoting Bach in Jakob Adlung's Musica mechanica organoedi

364

(2)

Johann Friedrich Agricola

On Bach's renown

366

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

King Frederick's recollection of Bach's visit

366

(1)

Gottfried van Swieten

On Bach's four-part writing

367

(1)

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

On Bach's contrapuntal daring

367

(1)

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

On Bach's tuning

368

(1)

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

On Bach's invention of the viola pomposa

368

(1)

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

Reminiscences of the Bach family and the Collegium Musicum

369

(1)

Jacob von Stahlin

On Bach's significance

369

(2)

Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart

On a performance in Hamburg of the Credo from Bach's B Minor Mass

371

(1)

Carl Friedrich Cramer

On the compositional styles of Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

371

(1)

Carl Friedrich Abel

On the fugues of Handel and Bach

372

(1)

Charles Burney

On Bach composing without use of a keyboard

372

(1)

Ernst Ludwig Gerber

On Bach's pedal technique

372

(1)

Ernst Ludwig Gerber

On Bach's keyboard and vocal works

373

(1)

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

On Bach's central position among German composers

373

(2)

Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollamann

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

On The Art of Fugue

374

(1)

Introductory Note

374

(1)

Preface to the 1752 edition

375

(2)

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

A laudatory note

377

(1)

Johann Mattheson

An offer to publishers for the plates

377

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

On the whereabouts of the remainder of the autograph

378

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

On the Four-Part Chorales

378

(1)

Introductory Note

378

(1)

Foreword to the first edition

379

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

``Note to the Public''

380

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Excerpt from a letter of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to Johann Philipp Kirnberger

380

(1)

Excerpts from five letters of Johann Philipp Kirnberger to Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (1777--1783)

381

(2)

Subscription notice

383

(1)

Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf

A supportive announcement of the publication

384

(1)

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Foreword to the second edition

384

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

On the Transmission and Dissemination of Manuscripts and Prints

385

(1)

Introductory Note

385

(1)

Excerpt from a letter of Padre Giovanni Battista Martini to Johannes Baptist Pauli, listing manuscripts and prints (1750)

385

(2)

Excerpt from the will of Johann Caspar Vogler (1766)

387

(1)

Excerpt from a letter of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to Christoph Gottlieb von Murr, offering chorale preludes (after 1765)

387

(1)

Note mentioning Bachiana at Montecassion

387

(1)

Christian Traugott Weinlig

Excerpts from letters of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to Johann Nikolaus Forkel, offering manuscripts and original editions (1774)

388

(1)

Note from James Hutton presenting an autograph of the Goldberg Variations to Mr. Glen (1776)

388

(1)

Excerpt from a letter of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach to Johann Joachim Eschenburg, asking him to auction off music and books (1778)

389

(1)

Four letters of Johann Nikolaus Forkel to the Leipzig publisher Hoffmeister & Kuhnel (1801--1803)

389

(6)

Letters of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to Johann Nikolaus Forkel

395

(1)

Excerpts from three letters concerning portraits and music of Bach (1774)

395

(1)

Letter on Bach's personal and artistic traits

396

(2)

Letter answering questions about Bach (1775)

398

(3)

A Comparison of Bach and Handel

400

(1)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Introductory Note

400

(1)

``Excerpt from a letter of February 27, 1788''

401

(8)

Anecdotes

409

(1)

Bach and the herrings

409

(1)

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

The unknown organist

410

(1)

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

A strange accomplishment

410

(1)

Charles Burney

Bach teases Gottfried Silbermann

410

(1)

Edward John Hopkins

The musical beggars

411

(1)

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

The unresolved dissonance

411

(1)

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Bach and the bungler

411

(1)

Carl Ludwig Hilgenfeldt

Bach replies to compliments on his organ playing

412

(1)

Johann Friedrich Kohler

A maxim

412

(1)

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

Io son' organista, too

412

(1)

Carl Friedrich Zelter

The linen draper and the portrait of Bach

412

(1)

Carl Friedrich Zelter

Johann Christian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

413

(1)

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Bach on his sons

413

(9)

Carl Friedrich Cramer

Part VI. Forkel's Biography of Bach

On Johann Sebastian Bach's Life, Genius, and Works

417

(2)

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

Introductory Note

417

(2)

Preface

419

(3)

The Bach Family

422

(3)

Bach's Life

425

(6)

Bach the Clavier Player

431

(6)

Bach the Organist

437

(4)

Bach's Harmony

441

(5)

Bach's Melody

446

(6)

Bach the Teacher

452

(7)

Bach's Character

459

(3)

Bach's Works

462

(12)

Bach the Reviser of His Own Works

474

(2)

The Spirit of Bach

476

(12)

Figures

480

(6)

Part VII. Bach in the Romantic Era

Introductory Note

485

(1)

The Story of Bach's Fame

486

(2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

488

(1)

Ludwig van Beethoven

489

(2)

Carl Czerny

491

(1)

Friedrich Rochlitz

492

(1)

Samuel Wesley and Carl Friedrich Horn

492

(7)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Carl Friedrich Zelter

499

(1)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

500

(1)

Robert Schumann

501

(2)

The Bach-Gesellschaft

503

(1)

Hector Berlioz and Friedrich Nietzsche

504

(1)

Richard Wagner

504

(1)

Philipp Spitta

505

(1)

The First Edition of the Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (1818)

506

(1)

Subscription announcement

506

(3)

Hans Georg Nageli

Mendelssohn Revives the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1829)

508

(1)

Introductory Note

508

(1)

Excerpt from My Recollections

509

(11)

Eduard Devrient

An American Visits the Bach Sites in Leipzig (1852)

519

(1)

Introductory Note

519

(1)

Three ``Letters from Abroad''

520

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