In Bach in America, volume 5 of Bach Perspectives, nine scholars
track Johann Sebastian Bach's reputation in America from an artist
of relative obscurity to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread
to all parts of the population, inspired a wealth of scholarship,
captivated listeners, and inspired musicians.
More than a hundred years passed after Bach's death in 1750
before his music began to be known and appreciated in the United
States. Barbara Owen surveys Bach's early reception in America and
Matthew Dirst focuses on John Sullivan Dwight's role in advocating
Bach's work. Michael Broyles considers the ways Bach's music came
to be known in Boston and Mary J. Greer offers a counterpoint in
her study of Bach's reception in New York.
The volume continues with Hans-Joachim Schulze's essay linking
the American descendants of August Reinhold Bach to J. S. Bach
through a common sixteenth-century ancestor. Christoph Wolff
focuses on Bach's descendants in America, particularly Friederica
Sophia Bach, the daughter of Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann.
Peter Wollny evaluates several manuscripts not included in Gerhard
Herz's study of Bach Sources in America. The book concludes with
examinations of Bach's considerable influence on American
composers. Carol K. Baron compares the music of Bach and Charles
Ives and Stephen A. Crist measures Bach's influence on the jazz
pianist and composer Dave Brubeck.
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