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Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750 — Volume I

Philipp Spitta
Monumental scholarly biography / works study · 1884 · English, translated from German
Philipp Spitta. Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750 — Volume I. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1884.

Spitta’s Bach was the foundational large-scale scholarly biography of the composer in the nineteenth century. Volume I reconstructs Bach’s ancestry, early training and formative appointments while embedding the music in Lutheran, institutional and regional contexts. Spitta combines documentary research with extensive musical discussion and was among the first…

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Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750 — Volume II

Philipp Spitta
Monumental scholarly biography / works study · 1884–1885 · English, translated from German
Philipp Spitta. Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750 — Volume II. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1884–1885.

Volume II develops the central phases of Bach’s career and gives extended attention to genre, compositional technique and institutional circumstance. Spitta’s method repeatedly connects individual works with documentary events, employers, liturgical function and stylistic development.

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Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750 — Volume III

Philipp Spitta
Monumental scholarly biography / works study · 1885 · English, translated from German
Philipp Spitta. Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750 — Volume III. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1885.

The final volume brings Spitta’s account through Bach’s mature Leipzig years and later output, while also assessing the composer’s influence and historical position. It is essential for understanding the nineteenth-century construction of Bach as both church composer and universal master.

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Brahms and some of his works by Pitts Sanborn

Pitts Sanborn · English · 1.1 MB
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Critical Study related to Johannes Brahms, by Pitts Sanborn.

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