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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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Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Correspondence / primary source · English, translated from German
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847.

This continuation of Mendelssohn’s correspondence covers the mature professional years: conducting, composition, festivals, institutional work, travel, family life and an increasingly dense European network. The letters place major works and professional decisions within the everyday practical realities of nineteenth-century musical life.

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