Johann Sebastian Bach Institute
The Johann Sebastian Bach Institute (German: Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut) was an institute dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach in Göttingen, Germany. It was founded in 1951 as one of two institutes preparing the New Bach Edition, the second complete edition of the composer's works. The partner organisation was the Leipzig Bach Archive in what was then East Germany on the other side of the Iron Curtain from Göttingen. The new edition met rigorous scientific requirements and at the same time served musical practice.
The institute ended its activities in 2006 and the final volume of the New Bach Edition set appeared the following year. However, the Bach Archive Leipzig remains active and has issued revisions of some single volumes.
Directors
- 1951–1961: Hans Albrecht
- 1961–1962: Wilhelm Martin Luther
- 1962–1993: Georg von Dadelsen
- 1993–2006: Martin Staehelin
Further reading
- Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen und Bach-Archiv Leipzig (ed), Die Neue Bach-Ausgabe 1954-2007 - Eine Dokumentation, p. 30, „Herausgebende Institute“, Kassel – Basel – London – New York – Prag 2007 (Bärenreiter)
- Georg von Dadelsen: Bachs Werke im Originaltext - Aufgaben und Erkenntnisse der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 16 March 1985 (printed in: Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen und Bach-Archiv Leipzig (Herausgeber), Die Neue Bach-Ausgabe 1954-2007 - Eine Dokumentation, Kassel - Basel - London - New York - Prag 2007 (Bärenreiter), ps 11–16)
External links
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) / New Edition of the Complete Works Bärenreiter
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lyrics
- Printed during the composer's lifetime: cantata Gott ist mein König (1708); Clavier-Übung I (1726–1730; 1731); Picander's 1728–29 cycle of cantata librettos; Clavier-Übung II (1735); Clavier-Übung III (1739); Goldberg Variations (1741); Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" (1747); The Musical Offering (1747); Schübler Chorales (1748)
- After 1750: The Art of Fugue (1751); Four-part chorales (1765–1787); Bach-Gesellschaft edition (1851-1899); New Bach Edition (1954–2007)
scholarship
- Nekrolog (1754)
- Forkel's Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke (1802)
- Spitta's Johann Sebastian Bach (Vol. I: 1873; Vol. II: 1880)
- Bach-Jahrbuch (1904–...)
- Schmieder's Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (1950; 21990; 2a1998)
- Bach Digital (2010–...)
- Bach Gesellschaft
- Neue Bachgesellschaft
- Bach Archive
- Johann Sebastian Bach Institute