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A '''Bach festival''' is a [[music festival]] held to celebrate the memory of the German composer [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (1685–1750). Various locations throughout the world hold festivals dedicated to Bach. Notable Bach festivals include those held by [[Baldwin Wallace University]] in [[Berea, Ohio]]; those held by the [[Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music]]; the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in [[Winter Park, Florida]]; and the Bachfest Bolivia, celebrated yearly in Cochabamba each March since 2008. Bachfest Bolivia commemorates Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday and is organized by Bolivian director and pianist Elizabeth Schwimmer.
{{See also|Early music festivals|Johann Sebastian Bach}}
[[File:Fotothek df roe-neg 0002806 004 Besucher der Messe in der Thomaskirche zu Ehren Bachs.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Bach festival in 1950]]
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A '''Bach festival''' is a [[music festival]] held to celebrate the memory of the German composer [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (1685 – 1750). Various locations throughout the world hold festivals dedicated to Bach. Notable Bach festivals include those held by [[Baldwin Wallace University]] in [[Berea, Ohio]]; those held by the [[Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music]]; the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in [[Winter Park, Florida]]; and the Bachfest Bolivia, celebrated yearly in Cochabamba each March since 2008. Bachfest Bolivia commemorates Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday and is organized by Bolivian director and pianist Elizabeth Schwimmer.


==Historical festivals==
==Historical festivals==
===The Bach Choir of Bethlehem===
===The Bach Choir of Bethlehem===
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[[The Bach Choir of Bethlehem]] was organized in 1898 to study Bach's [[Mass in B minor]]. The choir performed the American premiere of the complete Mass on March 27, 1900, in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], though there is evidence that parts of the Mass had been performed in the United States as early as 1870.<ref>{{cite book |first= John |last= Butt |title= Bach: Mass in B Minor |series= Cambridge Music Handbooks |publisher= [[Cambridge University Press]] |year= 1991 |ISBN= 978-0-521-38716-3 |page= 31}}</ref> [[Bruce Carey]] was the chorus's director from 1933 until 1938, [[William Ifor Jones]] from 1939 until 1969.
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The Bach Choir of Bethlehem was organized in 1898 to study Bach's [[Mass in B minor]]. The choir performed the American premiere of the complete Mass on March 27, 1900, in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], though there is evidence that parts of the Mass had been performed in the United States as early as 1870.<ref>{{cite book |first= John |last= Butt |title= Bach: Mass in B Minor |series= Cambridge Music Handbooks |publisher= [[Cambridge University Press]] |year= 1991 |ISBN= 978-0-521-38716-3 |page= 31}}</ref> [[Bruce Carey]] was the chorus's director from 1933 until 1938, [[William Ifor Jones]] from 1939 until 1969.


===Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival===
===Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival===
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The [[Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music]] at [[Baldwin Wallace University]] is home to the BW Bach Festival, the oldest collegiate Bach festival in the nation as well as the second oldest in the nation. The festival was founded in 1932 by Professor [[Albert Riemenschneider]] (longtime Director of the College Conservatory) and his wife Selma. The then Baldwin-Wallace Festival Choir and Orchestra presented the first Bach Festival in June 1933 and has continued since then.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|title=B-W Bach Festival serves up inspiration on intimate and grand scales|url=http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2011/04/bach_festival_review_1.html|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=April 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bach Festival History|url=http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/festivals/bachfest/about/|work=BW history conservatory|accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref> The oldest Bach Festival, [[The Bach Choir of Bethlehem|The Bethlehem]], and Baldwin Wallace performed together for BW's 75th anniversary of the festival.<ref>{{cite news|first=James R.|last=Oestreich|authorlink=James R. Oestreich|title=Bach's Captains and Foot Soldiers of Musical Industry|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/arts/music/07bach.html|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oldest Bach Festivals Combine for Anniversary Celebration|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oldest-bach-festivals-combine-for-anniversary-celebration-55798552.html|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=PR newswire|date=July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Bach Choir of Bethlehem|url=http://www.bach.org/about.html|work=The Bach Choir of Bethlehem history|accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gehman|title=America's oldest Bach choirs joining to make history [Second Edition]|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/1074743861.html?dids=1074743861:1074743861&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+09%2C+2006&author=Geoff+Gehman+Of+The+Morning+Call&pub=Morning+Call&desc=America%27s+oldest+Bach+choirs+joining+to+make+history&pqatl=google|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=Morning Call|location=Allentown, Pennsylvania|date=July 9, 2006}}</ref>
{{main|Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music}}
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The Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music at [[Baldwin Wallace University]] is home to the BW Bach Festival, the oldest collegiate Bach festival in the nation as well as the second oldest in the nation. The festival was founded in 1932 by Professor [[Albert Riemenschneider]] (longtime Director of the College Conservatory) and his wife Selma. The then Baldwin-Wallace Festival Choir and Orchestra presented the first Bach Festival in June 1933 and has continued since then.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|title=B-W Bach Festival serves up inspiration on intimate and grand scales|url=http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2011/04/bach_festival_review_1.html|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=April 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bach Festival History|url=http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/festivals/bachfest/about/|work=BW history conservatory|accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref> The oldest Bach Festival, [[The Bach Choir of Bethlehem|The Bethlehem]], and Baldwin Wallace performed together for BW's 75th anniversary of the festival.<ref>{{cite news|last=Oestreich|title=Bach's Captains and Foot Soldiers of Musical Industry|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/arts/music/07bach.html|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oldest Bach Festivals Combine for Anniversary Celebration|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oldest-bach-festivals-combine-for-anniversary-celebration-55798552.html|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=PR newswire|date=July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Bach Choir of Bethlehem|url=http://www.bach.org/about.html|work=The Bach Choir of Bethlehem history|accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gehman|title=America's oldest Bach choirs joining to make history [Second Edition]|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/1074743861.html?dids=1074743861:1074743861&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+09%2C+2006&author=Geoff+Gehman+Of+The+Morning+Call&pub=Morning+Call&desc=America%27s+oldest+Bach+choirs+joining+to+make+history&pqatl=google|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=Morning Call|location=Allentown, Pennsylvania|date=July 9, 2006}}</ref>


===Winter Park Bach Festival===
===Winter Park Bach Festival===
{{Main|Winter Park Bach Festival}}
The [[Winter Park Bach Festival]] is the third-oldest continuously operating Bach festival in the United States, running since 1935.<ref name=BachFestivalOrland-FLnet>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlando-florida.net/events/february/winter-park-bach-festival.htm|title=2011 Winter Park Bach Festival|publisher=Orlando-Florida.net|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref><ref name=BachFestivalBroadwayWorld>{{cite web|url=http://florida.broadwayworld.com/article/Bach_Festival_Society_Commissions_New_Work_by_Jaron_Lanier_102324_20100909|title=Bach Festival Society Commissions New Work by Jaron Lanier|publisher=BroadwayWorld|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> It brings together a lineup of international<ref name=BachFestivalOrlandoSent>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_arts_letter/2010/07/bach-festival-society-ends-fred-rogers-series.html|title=Bach Festival Society ends Fred Rogers series|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref><ref name=BachFestivalOrlandoMag>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandomagazine.com/Orlando-Magazine/February-2010/Top-Picks/|title=Top Picks:Bach-analia|publisher=Orlando Magazine|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> classical performers to campus,<ref name=BachFestivalUSAToday>{{cite news|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/orlando-art-culture-activities-11785.html|title=Orlando Art & Culture Activities: Symphony|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> for a two-week event.<ref name=CampusLifeJustforFun>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/campuslife/justforfun.html|title=Just for Fun|publisher=Rollins College|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> The 150-voice<ref name=CampusLifeJustforFun/> Bach Festival Society is regarded as one of the olderoratorio societies in America.<ref name=BachFestivalBroadwayWorld/><ref name=BachFestivalBroadwayWorld2>{{cite web|url=http://florida.broadwayworld.com/article/Bach_Festival_Society_Announces_Their_Summer_Music_Academy_62026_20100318|title=Bach Festival Society Announces Their Summer Music Academy|publisher=BroadwayWorld|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref>
The [[Winter Park Bach Festival]] is the third-oldest continuously operating Bach festival in the United States, running since 1935.<ref name=BachFestivalOrland-FLnet>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlando-florida.net/events/february/winter-park-bach-festival.htm|title=2011 Winter Park Bach Festival|publisher=Orlando-Florida.net|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref><ref name=BachFestivalBroadwayWorld>{{cite web|url=http://florida.broadwayworld.com/article/Bach_Festival_Society_Commissions_New_Work_by_Jaron_Lanier_102324_20100909|title=Bach Festival Society Commissions New Work by Jaron Lanier|publisher=BroadwayWorld|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> It brings together a lineup of international<ref name=BachFestivalOrlandoSent>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_arts_letter/2010/07/bach-festival-society-ends-fred-rogers-series.html|title=Bach Festival Society ends Fred Rogers series|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref><ref name=BachFestivalOrlandoMag>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandomagazine.com/Orlando-Magazine/February-2010/Top-Picks/|title=Top Picks:Bach-analia|publisher=Orlando Magazine|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> classical performers to campus,<ref name=BachFestivalUSAToday>{{cite news|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/orlando-art-culture-activities-11785.html|title=Orlando Art & Culture Activities: Symphony|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> for a two-week event.<ref name=CampusLifeJustforFun>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollins.edu/campuslife/justforfun.html|title=Just for Fun|publisher=Rollins College|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> The 150-voice<ref name=CampusLifeJustforFun/> Bach Festival Society is regarded as one of the olderoratorio societies in America.<ref name=BachFestivalBroadwayWorld/><ref name=BachFestivalBroadwayWorld2>{{cite web|url=http://florida.broadwayworld.com/article/Bach_Festival_Society_Announces_Their_Summer_Music_Academy_62026_20100318|title=Bach Festival Society Announces Their Summer Music Academy|publisher=BroadwayWorld|accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref>


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*Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival<ref>[http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/festivals/bachfest Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival]</ref>
*Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival<ref>[http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/festivals/bachfest Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival]</ref>
*[[Carmel Bach Festival]]
*[[Carmel Bach Festival]]
*[[English Bach Festival]] (1963-2009)
*Frauenkirchen Bachtage Dresden<ref>[http://www.frauenkirche-dresden.de/konzertreihen/ Frauenkirchen Bachtage Dresden]</ref>
*Frauenkirchen Bachtage Dresden<ref>[http://www.frauenkirche-dresden.de/konzertreihen/ Frauenkirchen Bachtage Dresden]</ref>
*Montreal Bach Festival<ref>[http://www.festivalbachmontreal.com Montreal Bach Festival]</ref>
*Montreal Bach Festival<ref>[http://www.festivalbachmontreal.com Montreal Bach Festival]</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Commons category|Bach festivals}}
*[[Early music festivals]]
*[[List of early music festivals]]
*[[List of music festivals]]


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Revision as of 10:02, 4 October 2016

A Bach festival is a music festival held to celebrate the memory of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Various locations throughout the world hold festivals dedicated to Bach. Notable Bach festivals include those held by Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio; those held by the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music; the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in Winter Park, Florida; and the Bachfest Bolivia, celebrated yearly in Cochabamba each March since 2008. Bachfest Bolivia commemorates Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday and is organized by Bolivian director and pianist Elizabeth Schwimmer.

Historical festivals

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem was organized in 1898 to study Bach's Mass in B minor. The choir performed the American premiere of the complete Mass on March 27, 1900, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, though there is evidence that parts of the Mass had been performed in the United States as early as 1870.[1] Bruce Carey was the chorus's director from 1933 until 1938, William Ifor Jones from 1939 until 1969.

Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival

The Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace University is home to the BW Bach Festival, the oldest collegiate Bach festival in the nation as well as the second oldest in the nation. The festival was founded in 1932 by Professor Albert Riemenschneider (longtime Director of the College Conservatory) and his wife Selma. The then Baldwin-Wallace Festival Choir and Orchestra presented the first Bach Festival in June 1933 and has continued since then.[2][3] The oldest Bach Festival, The Bethlehem, and Baldwin Wallace performed together for BW's 75th anniversary of the festival.[4][5][6][7]

Winter Park Bach Festival

The Winter Park Bach Festival is the third-oldest continuously operating Bach festival in the United States, running since 1935.[8][9] It brings together a lineup of international[10][11] classical performers to campus,[12] for a two-week event.[13] The 150-voice[13] Bach Festival Society is regarded as one of the olderoratorio societies in America.[9][14]

List of Bach festivals

See also: Category:Bach festivals

See also

References

  1. ^ Butt, John (1991). Bach: Mass in B Minor. Cambridge Music Handbooks. Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-521-38716-3.
  2. ^ Rosenberg (April 17, 2011). "B-W Bach Festival serves up inspiration on intimate and grand scales". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Bach Festival History". BW history conservatory. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ Oestreich, James R. (May 7, 2007). "Bach's Captains and Foot Soldiers of Musical Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Oldest Bach Festivals Combine for Anniversary Celebration". PR newswire. July 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  6. ^ "The Bach Choir of Bethlehem". The Bach Choir of Bethlehem history. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  7. ^ Gehman (July 9, 2006). "America's oldest Bach choirs joining to make history [Second Edition]". Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  8. ^ "2011 Winter Park Bach Festival". Orlando-Florida.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  9. ^ a b "Bach Festival Society Commissions New Work by Jaron Lanier". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  10. ^ "Bach Festival Society ends Fred Rogers series". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  11. ^ "Top Picks:Bach-analia". Orlando Magazine. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  12. ^ "Orlando Art & Culture Activities: Symphony". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  13. ^ a b "Just for Fun". Rollins College. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  14. ^ "Bach Festival Society Announces Their Summer Music Academy". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  15. ^ Arizona Bach Festival
  16. ^ Bach Festival of Philadelphia
  17. ^ Bach Festival Society of Winter Park
  18. ^ Bachfest Ankara
  19. ^ Bachfest Bolivia
  20. ^ Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival
  21. ^ Frauenkirchen Bachtage Dresden
  22. ^ Montreal Bach Festival

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