J.C. Bach

557 Pages·2016·39.453 MB·English

by  Paul Corneilson (editor)

J.C. Bach
The Late Eighteenth-Century Composers
Series Editor: Simon P Keefe
Titles in the Series:
J.C. Bach
Paul Corneilson
Gluck
Patricia Howard
Haydn
David U};n Jones
Mozart
Simon P. Keefe
C.P.E. Bach
David Schulenberg
J.C. Bach
Edited by
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Series Preface xiii
Introduction XV
PART I BIOGRAPHICAL
Daniel Heartz (2003), 'Christian Bach in London', in Music in European Capitals:
The Galant Style, 1720-1780, New York: W.W. Norton, pp. 883-929. 3
2 Hans-Joachim Schulze (1983), 'When Did the Youngest Bach Son Begin His
"Italian Journey"?'. Originally published as 'Wann begann die "italienische Reise"
der jungsten Bach-Sohnes?', Bach-Jahrbuch, 69, pp. I 19-22, and Bach-Jahrbuch,
74 (1988), pp. 235-36. 51
3 Howard Brofsky (1977), 'J.C. Bach, G.B. Sammartini, and Padre Martini:
A Concorso in Milan in 1762', in E.H. Clinkscale and Claire Brook (eds),
A Musical Offering: Essays in Honor of Martin Bernstein, New York:
Pendragon Press, pp. 63-68. 57
4 Betty Matthews (1975), 'The Davies Sisters, J.C. Bach and the Glass Harmonica',
Music & Letters, 56, pp. I 50-69. 63
5 Stephan Roe (2000), 'The "Paris" Bach', in Rudolf Elvers and Alain Moirandat
(eds), Bunte Blatter Klaus Mecklenburg zum 23. Februar 2000, Basel: Moirandat,
pp. 247-54. 83
6 John Small (1985), 'J.C. Bach Goes to Law', The Musical Times, 126, pp. 526-29. 91
7 Stephen Roe (1985), 'J.C. Bach and "New Music, at a More Reasonable Expence"',
The Musical Times, 126, pp. 529-31. 95
8 Daniel Heartz (2014), 'Abel, Christian Bach, and Gainsborough', in Artists and
Musicians: Portrait Studies from the Rococo to the Revolution, Ann Arbor, Ml:
Steglein, pp. 168-206. 99
PART II INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
9 Daniel E. Freeman (2003), 'Johann Christian Bach and the Early Classical Italian
Masters', in Robert L. Marshall (ed.), Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music,
2nd edn, New York and London: Routledge, pp. 230--69. 141
10 Richard Maunder (1991), 'J.C. Bach and the Early Piano in London', Journal of
the Royal Musical Association, 116, pp. 201-10. 181
11 Stanley Sadie (1956), 'The Wind Music of J.C. Bach', Music & Letters, 37,
pp. 107-17. 191
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12 Adena Portowitz (20 12), 'Johann Christian Bach', in Mary Sue Morrow and
Bathia Churgin (eds), The Eighteenth-Century Symphony, Bloomington, IN:
Indiana University Press, pp. 662-83. 203
13 Niels Krabbe (1972), 'J.C. Bach's Symphonies and the BreitkopfThematic
Catalogue', in Niel Schi0rring, Henrik Glahn and Carsten E. Hatting (eds),
Festskrift Jens Peter Larsen, Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, pp. 233-54. 225
14 Ann van Allen-Russell (2002), '"For Instruments Not Intended": The Second
J.C. Bach Lawsuit', Music & Letters, 83, pp. 3-29. 247
15 Jen-yen Chen (2008), 'Johann Christian Bach and the Church Symphony', in
Gregory Butler, George B. Stauffer and Mary Dalton Greer ( eds ), About Bach,
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, pp. 89-108. 275
16 Jane R. Stevens (2001), 'Johann Christian Bach (1735-82)', in The Bach Family
and the Keyboard Concerto: The Evolution of a Genre, Warren, MI: Harmonie
Park Press, pp. 169-211. 295
17 Bryan Gillingham (1981), 'Social and Musical Matters Pertaining to J.C. Bach's
Third Set of Keyboard Concertos', The Music Review, 42, pp. 225-37. 339
PART III VOCAL MUSIC
18 Stephen Roe (2002), 'The Newly Rediscovered Autograph Manuscripts of Johann
Christian Bach's Milan Sacred Music at the Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek
Hamburg (ND VI 540, Vols. 1-4)'. Originally published as 'Wiederaufgefundene
Autographe von Johann Christian Bachs Mailander Kirchenmusik in der Staats-
und Universitatsbibliothek Hamburg (ND VI 540, Bd. 1-4)', Bach-Jahrbuch,
pp. 179-90. 355
19 Kenneth Nott (1999), 'J.C. Bach's Gioas, re di Giuda: A Meeting ofMetastasian
and Handelian Traditions', Handel-Jahrbuch, 45, pp. 117-34. 375
20 Ernest Warburton (1965-66), 'J.C. Bach's Operas', Proceedings of the Royal
Musical Association, 92, pp. 95-106. 393
21 Margaret R. Butler (2015), 'The Misadventures of Artaserse (Turin, 1760):
J.C. Bach's First Italian Opera from Production to Performance', in Bruno
Forment (ed.), Revaluing Theatrical Heritage: Selected Papers from Kortrijk,
Belgium, January 2013, Leuven: Leuven University Press, pp. 89-104. 405
22 Martha Feldman (1991), 'Mozart and His Elders: Opera-Seria Arias, 1766-1775',
Mozart-Jahrbuch, pp. 564-75. 423
23 Stefan Kunze (1965), 'Die Vertonungen der Arie "Non so d'onde viene", von
J. Chr. Bach und W.A. Mozart', Anelecta Musicologica, 2, pp. 85-111. 435
24 Stephen Roe (1985), 'Introduction' to Johann Christian Bach: Favourite Songs
Sung at Vauxhall Gardens (Music for London Entertainment, 1600-1800: Music
of the Pleasure Gardens), Tunbridge Wells: Macnutt, pp. xvii-xxi. 463
25 Ernest Warburton (1985), 'Lucio Silla, by Mozart and J.C. Bach', The Musical
Times, 126, pp. 726-30. 469
26 Paul Corneilson (1994), 'The Case of J.C. Bach's Lucio Sill a', Journal of
Musicology, 12, pp. 206-18. 473
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27 Ernest Warburton (1972), 'J.C. Bach's "La clemenza di Scipione'", The Musical
Times, 113, pp. 356-57. 487
28 Virginia Palmer (1982), 'The Application of the Sonata Principle to Structure in
La clemenza di Scipione by J.C. Bach', Indiana Theory Review, 6, pp. 36-62. 489
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Harmonie Park Press for the essay: Jane R. Stevens (200 1) , 'Johann Christian Bach (1735-82)', in
The Bach Family and the Keyboard Concerto: The Evolution ofa Genre, Warren, MI: Harmonie
Park Press, pp. 169-211. Copyright © 2001 by Harmonie Park Press.
Indiana Theory Review for the essay: Virginia Palmer (1982), 'The Application of the Sonata
Principle to Structure in La clemenza di Scipione by J.C. Bach', Indiana Theory Review, 6,
pp. 36--62. Copyright© 1984 Indiana Theory Review.
Indiana University Press for the essay: Adena Portowitz (20 12), 'Johann Christian Bach',
in Mary Sue Morrow and Bathia Churgin (eds), The Eighteenth-Century Symphony,
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, pp. 662-83.
Niels Krabbe (1972), 'J.C. Bach's Symphonies and the Breitkopf Thematic Catalogue', in
Niel Schi0rring, Henrik Glahn and Carsten E. Hatting (eds), Festskrift Jens Peter Larsen,
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, pp. 233-54. Copyright© 1972 Niels Krabbe
Leuven University Press for the essay: Margaret R. Butler (2015), 'The Misadventures of
Artaserse (Turin, 1760): J.C. Bach's First Italian Opera from Production to Performance',
in Bruno Forment (ed.), Revaluing Theatrical Heritage: Selected Papers from Kortrijk,
Belgium, January 2013, Leuven: Leuven University Press, pp. 89-104. Copyright© 2015
Leuven University Press.
Alain Moirandat for the essay: Stephen Roe (2000), 'The "Paris" Bach', in Rudolf Elvers
and Alain Moirandat (eds), Bunte Blatter Klaus Mecklenburg zum 23. Februar 2000, Basel:
Moirandat, pp. 247-54. Copyright© 2000 Moirandat Company AG, Basel.
The Musical Times Publications Limited for the essays: John Small (1985), 'J.C. Bach Goes to
Law', The Musical Times, 126, pp. 526-29; Stephen Roe (1985), 'J.C. Bach and "New Music, at
a More Reasonable Expence"', The Musical Times, 126, pp. 529-31; Ernest Warburton (1985),
'Lucio Sill a, by Mozart and J.C. Bach', The Musical Times, 126, pp. 726-30; Ernest Warburton
(1972), 'J.C. Bach's "La clemenza di Scipione"', The Musical Times, 113, pp. 356-57.