ISBN: 9781458861900

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1918. Not illustrat… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1918. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... IV THE FESTIVALS AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY THE resumption of the Bach Festivals at Lehigh University was due to Mr. Charles M. Schwab. While on a business trip to San Francisco, the steel-master went to Berkeley for one of Dr. Wolle''s choral productions in the Greek Theater of the University of California. He had a chat with Dr. Wolle in which he assured him of his hearty support if he should decide to go back to the East. Now Bach, transplanted, had not flourished as in the soil of a community with musical traditions and resources like those of Bethlehem. Mr. Schwab''s offer of cooperation, therefore, was a vital factor in causing Dr. Wolle to return. The measure of this cooperation proved to be wisely generous. Mr. Schwab bears one half of the deficits of the present festivals. No one has characterized this better than Mr. Fullerton L. Waldo, in a Public Ledger article in which he referred to Mr. Schwab as a doer of big things in a big way, the man who stands back of the deficit each time without destroying local initiative by footing the whole bill. Public and musical spirit at their best were represented by the group of citizens who, upon the initiative of Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Cleaver, reorganized the Bach Choir in October, 1911, and who, despite financial stress, have maintained the Festivals and are determined to continue to maintain them. Other chapters of this book present brief sketches of these citizens and of Dr. Wolle and of Mr. Schwab. Lehigh University welcomed the new movement, and when the Bethlehem Bach Choir, with a membership of more than twice the maximum of the earlier years, began preparation for the Seventh Bach Festival, it was with both a Festival home and a rehearsal home, proffered respectively by the University and by the Moravian Sem... Raymond Walters, Books, History, The Bethlehem Bach Choir; An Historical And Interpretative Sketch Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Houghton Mifflin Co. in 1918 in 356 pages; Subjects: Music; Bach Choir; Bach choir, Bethlehem, Pa; History / General; Music / General; Music / Genres & Styles / Classical; Music / History & Criticism; Music / Instruction & Study / General; Music / Songbooks;<