The Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms

"The Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms represents a significant contribution to the literature on the so-called Bach revival. Stinson considers biographical research as well as musical evidence to arrive at a host of new and often startling conclusions about precisely which pieces served as compositional exemplars and which ones were especially valued as study and performance repertoire. Replete with intriguing anecdotes, his study includes detailed observations on how these composers annotated their personal copies of Bach's organ works." "Featuring a wealth of material previously unavailable in English, Stinson's up-to-date examination fills a gap in our understanding of how Bach's works were rediscovered by the musical public in the nineteenth century. Meticulously annotated and indexed, the book features numerous musical examples and facsimile plates as well as an exhaustive bibliography. Included in an appendix is Brahms's hitherto unpublished study score of the Fantasy in G Major, BWV 572. This book should be read by anyone interested in the organ, the music of Bach, or the musical culture of the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.

Russell Stinson is the Josephine Emily Brown Professor of Music and College Organist at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. He is the author of J. S. Bach's Great Eighteen Organ Chorales (Oxford, 2001), Bach: The Orgelbuchlein (reissued by Oxford, 1999), and The Bach Manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner and His Circle.