{"product_id":"26267-bach-johann-sebastian-schweitzer-albert-j-s-bach-first-english-edition","title":"[Bach, Johann Sebastian. (1685–1750)] Schweitzer, Albert. (1875–1965) J. S. Bach (2 vols.) - First English Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edi\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003etion in English of the organist, theologian and humanitarian's landmark study of Bach, translated by Ernest Newman. Two volumes, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e2 vols. Octavos. xiv, 428; v, 500pp + 5 plates. T\u003c\/span\u003ehree-quarter red leather with raised bands. Light wear at hinges, one leaf with a small tear to lower corner, else fine throughout. Only two copies of this edition located in the trade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eIndependent of his international renown as a humanitarian, Albert Schweitzer is well known as a great musicologist; a reputation that rests largely upon this book. Schweitzer's J. S. Bach is one of the great full-length studies of the composer, his life, and his work. Its influence on the subsequent performance of Bach's music was enormous, and there is scarcely a later work on Bach which does not acknowledge a deep debt to Schweitzer's. Grove's Dictionary says of the book, \"Schweitzer has probably been more quoted than any authority since Spitta.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first volume contains a virtual history of Protestant church music, examining the role of music in the early Protestant services of many European countries. Frequent allusions to the parallel development of art and poetry, to the leading philosophic and religious concepts of the time, and to events of contemporary history supplement and enrich the text. Narrowing the study to Germany, Schweitzer traces to their roots the forms used by Bach (with particular emphasis on the German chorale and the forms built around it), and assess the contributions of Schütz, Sheidt, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, and others of Bach's predecessors. The volume includes a full account of Bach's life, and discusses his works for organ, clavier, strings, and orchestra. Suggestions for performance include sections on bowing, on playing chords and double stops, and on the practice of ornamentation in Bach's time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume Two is concerned with Bach's choral music — the chorales, cantatas, the Magnificat, the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the motets, songs, oratorios, and masses. The illuminating analysis of these works, illustrated by hundreds of musical examples, is dominated by Schweitzer's highly original theories regarding Bach's pictorial representation of the text in the music, and the expressive motives Schweitzer has found and identified throughout Bach's compositions. A long concluding chapter makes recommendations for performance on tempo, phrasing, accentuation, dynamics, and on the size and arrangement of the orchestra and choir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62886547194015,"sku":"26267","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Schweitzer_Albert._1875_1965_J.S.Bach26267a.png?v=1792277555","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26267-bach-johann-sebastian-schweitzer-albert-j-s-bach-first-english-edition","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}