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Available in hardcover ($30) or paperback ($20) |
Bach
in Bethlehem Ralph Schwarz is a consultant, author and historian. He has acted as advisor to the President for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.; a senior advisor for A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York; and currently as consultant to the National Museum of Industrial History, Smithsonian Institution, to be created in Bethlehem, PA. He authored Bethlehem on the Lehigh in 1991 for the 250th Anniversary of The City of Bethlehem. From 1961 to 1963, Ralph Schwarz was Assistant Vice President of The New York Herald Tribune, New York, NY. Johann Sebastian Bach and Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf were contemporaries during the entire first half of the Eighteenth Century. Both were born in the central German territory of Saxony; Bach in 1685 at Eisenach and Zinzendorf in 1700 at Dresden. Bach died in Leipzig in 1750 at the age of 65; Zinzendorf lived another decade and died at Herrnhut in 1760 at the age of 60. Apparently, their paths never crossed. Major biographies have detailed the careers and contributions of both men. It is the intention of this book to illustrate how the worlds of Bach and Zinzendorf coalesced in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Two major influences have contributed to Bach in Bethlehem: first, the special character of the Moravian church in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century America; second, the unique role of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem during the last one hundred years. Hundreds of paintings, photographs and programs bring to life the physical context and history of a beautiful community where music still plays a significant and catalytic part in the American experience. The book contains a comprehensive listing of every Choir member from 1900 to 1998, including voice part and years of service. |
