On 26 May 2007 at 19:49, João Miguel Pais wrote: > > This old chestnut is not really true. Bach's keyboard music, for > > instance, never quite disappeared. And in Leipzig, he was well-known > > and his music was studied and played. The Allgemeine musikalische > > Zeitung (published by Breitkopf) has mentions of Bach's music as > > early as the first volume, in 1798. The Traeg music catalogs of 1799 > > from Vienna list Bach's keyboard music, and that doesn't mean Traeg > > acquired Bach's music in 1799, as it was the first catalog he'd ever > > published (having been in business since the late 1780s). > > > > What Mendelssohn rediscovered was the vocal music, but especially > > the Passions. The cantatas as a body languished until the 20th > > century, for the most part. > > my bad, then. by the way, if you have them at hand's reach, could you > quote some references to the reception of this bach's music during and > after his life?
What, the citation of primary sources that I gave was insufficient? -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
