Johann Nikolaus Forkel's Über Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke, 1802 and undated.

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Johann Nikolaus Forkel's Über Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke, 1802 and undated.

Includes Zelter's manuscript annotations of Über Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke by Forkel (published 1802), an autograph letter draft from Zelter to Forkel, and manuscript notes and book review of Forkel's book.

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Houghton Library

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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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From the partita no. 2 for solo violin by J.S. Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bach's chaconne / transcribed for large orchestra by Louis Gesensway. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 144609295 Arranged 1856. First performance same year at the Philharmonic concerts, Vienna, von H. Esser conductor. Elgar's coda added subsequently.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata : für die Orgel / compon...

Forkel, Johann Nikolaus, 1749-1818

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German music historian, theorist, and bibliographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Göttingen, 22 September 1783, to an unidentified recipient in Berlin, 1783 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577482 ...

Zelter, Carl Friedrich

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Zelter was a German composer. Forkel was a German musicologist, organist, professor and music typesetter. From the description of Johann Nikolaus Forkel's Über Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke, 1802 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81716187 From the guide to the Johann Nikolaus Forkel's Über Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kustwerke, 1802 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Ge...