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Felix Mendelssohn's Bach revival

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Date Issued:
2014
Summary:
Johann Sebastian Bach is considered to be one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. However, the modern audience might not realize that it took almost 70 years after Bach’s death for his music to emerge as a part of an important cultural heritage. Even though some of Bach’s organ pieces were continually played in smaller settings, the wider audience only became exposed to his music after the success of Felix Mendelssohn’s performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829. It was this concert that catapulted Bach among the ranks of the important Baroque composers such as Georg Frideric Handel or Antonio Vivaldi.
Title: Felix Mendelssohn's Bach revival.
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Name(s): Barna, Charlotte
Joella, Laura
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Poster
Date Issued: 2014
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Physical Form: Online Resource
Extent: 1 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Johann Sebastian Bach is considered to be one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. However, the modern audience might not realize that it took almost 70 years after Bach’s death for his music to emerge as a part of an important cultural heritage. Even though some of Bach’s organ pieces were continually played in smaller settings, the wider audience only became exposed to his music after the success of Felix Mendelssohn’s performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829. It was this concert that catapulted Bach among the ranks of the important Baroque composers such as Georg Frideric Handel or Antonio Vivaldi.
Identifier: FA0005003 (IID)
Subject(s): College students --Research --United States.
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005003
Host Institution: FAU