J. S. Bach — Volume II
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- J. S. Bach — Volume II
- Author
- Albert Schweitzer
- Translator
- Ernest Newman
- Publisher
- Breitkopf & Härtel
- Place
- London / Leipzig
- Year
- 1911
- Original publication
- Expanded German edition, 1908
- Language
- English, translated from German
- Type
- Works study / performance practice / aesthetics
- Notes
- Second volume of Ernest Newman’s English translation.
SCOPE & CONTENT
Volume II extends Schweitzer’s discussion across major vocal and instrumental repertories and contains some of the most influential early twentieth-century writing on Bach performance. The work repeatedly links compositional design with theological and rhetorical meaning.
RESEARCH VALUE
Its strongest modern use is comparative: it allows readers to measure how Bach interpretation changed before historically informed performance, modern source studies and current organology. Many details are superseded, but the volume remains a major document of interpretive history.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
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RESEARCH VALUE AND LIMITS
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- Catalogue completeness
- 7 / 10 core bibliographic fields