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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Spitta's Johann Sebastian Bach}}{{essay|article|date=December 2017}}Johann Sebastian Bach is a 19th-century biography of Johann Sebastian Bach by Philipp Spitta. The work was published in German in two volumes, in 1873 and 1880 respectively. The English translation by Clara Bell and J. A. Fuller Maitland, Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750, was published by Novello & Co in three volumes. Content and style{{original research|section|date=December 2017}}Spitta's Bach biography gives a chronological account. This includes the discussion of Bach's compositions: these are discussed within the chronological account at the time they were composed. Only for the sixth and last part, covering the last decennia of the Leipzig period, some compositions are grouped by type in subsections. Spitta writes in long paragraphs and very few divisions in subsections. Coming from a Protestant background himself, he is able, like Albert Schweitzer after him, to give insight in the religious context of Bach's time. Content of Spitta's Johann Sebastian BachGerman edition
(3rd print: Breitkopf & Härtel 1921) | English edition
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| Preface | | 1 | v–xx | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/n10/mode/1up Vorwort] | 1 | i-xiv | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb01spituoft#page/n10/mode/1up Preface] | | Books | | 1 | 1–175 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/n34/mode/1up I. Die Forfahren] | 1 | 1–178 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb01spituoft#page/n26/mode/1up I. Bach's Ancestors] | | 177–328 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/177/mode/1up II. Kindheit und Ausbildungsjahre (1685–1707)] | 179–331 | 1685–1707}}] | | 329–610 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/329/mode/1up III. Erstes Jahrzehnt der Meisterschaft (1707–1717)] | 333–620}} | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb01spituoft#page/333/mode/1up III. The First Ten Years of Bach's "Mastership"] | | 611–784 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/611/mode/1up IV. Cöthen (1717–1723)] | 2 | 1–178 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb02spituoft#page/n10/mode/1up IV. Cöthen, 1717–1723] | | 2 | 1–479 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach02spit#page/n20/mode/1up V. Leipziger Jahre von 1723–1734] | 179–648 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb02spituoft#page/179/mode/1up V. Leipzig, 1723–1734] | | 481–763 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach02spit#page/481/mode/1up VI. Die letzte Lebensperiode (1734–1750)] | 3 | 1–278 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb03spituoft#page/n8/mode/1up VI. The Final Period of Bach's Life and Work] | | Endnotes | | 1 | {{nobreak|787–846}} | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/787/mode/1up Anhang A. Kritische Ausführungen] | 1 | 621–656 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb01spituoft#page/621/mode/1up Appendix (A, to Vol. I)] | | 2 | 649–721 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb02spituoft#page/649/mode/1up Appendix (A, to Vol. II)] | | 2 | 767–846 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach02spit#page/767/mode/1up Anhang A. Kritische Ausführungen] | | 3 | 279–295 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb03spituoft#page/279/mode/1up Appendix (A, to Vol. III)] | |
| Additional material | | 1 | 847–855 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/847/mode/1up Anhang B. Mittheilungen aus den Quellen und Ergänzungen] | 3 | 296–360 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb03spituoft#page/296/mode/1up Appendix B] | | 2 | 847–978 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach02spit#page/847/mode/1up Anhang B. Mittheilungen aus den Quellen] | | Errata | Translator's Postscript | | 1 | 856 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/856/mode/1up Berichtigungen] | 1 | xv–xvi | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb01spituoft#page/n24/mode/1up Translator's Postscript] | | 2 | 979-995 | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach02spit#page/979/mode/1up Nachträge und Berichtigungen] | | Index | | 2 | 996–1014}} | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach02spit#page/996/mode/1up Namen- und Sachregister] | 3 | 407–419 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb03spituoft#page/409/mode/1up Index] | | Musical supplement | | 1 | 5 pp. | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach01spit#page/1/mode/1up Musikbeilagen] | 3 | 363–405 | [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastianb03spituoft#page/365/mode/1up Musical Supplement] | | 2 | 20 pp. | [https://archive.org/stream/johsebbach02spit#page/1015/mode/1up Musikbeilagen] | Significance for Bach studies{{see also|Biographies of Johann Sebastian Bach}}Spitta's biography went down in history as "... the most ... comprehensive and important single work on Johann Sebastian Bach".[1] For over a hundred years after its publication biographers rarely revisited primary sources, they just took the facts from Spitta's work. Only by the late 20th century criticisms about Spitta's accuracy and interpretation were raised.[2] References1. ^Spitta 1992 Vol. I, p. xix
2. ^Eidam 1999/2001, Introduction
Sources- {{Interlanguage link multi|Klaus Eidam|de}}. Das wahre Leben des Johann Sebastian Bach. Piper, 1999. {{ISBN|3492040799}}
- Translated as The True Life of Johann Sebastian Bach. New York: Basic Books, 2001. {{ISBN|9780465018611}}
- Philipp Spitta. Johann Sebastian Bach.
- [https://books.google.de/books?id=HxkDAAAAYAAJ Erster Band (Book I–IV).] Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. 1873.
- [https://archive.org/details/johsebbach01spit Third print (1921)] at Archive.org
- Zweiter Band (Book V–VI). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. 1880.
- [https://archive.org/details/johsebbach02spit Third print (1921)] at Archive.org
- Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750 in three volumes. Translated by Clara Bell and J. A. Fuller Maitland. Novello & Co. 1884–1885.
- 1899 edition: [https://archive.org/details/johannsebastianb01spituoft Vol. 1 (Book I–III)] – [https://archive.org/details/johannsebastianb02spituoft Vol. 2 (Book IV–V)] – [https://archive.org/details/johannsebastianb03spituoft Vol. 3 (Book VI)] at Archive.org
- 1992 republication of the 1952 Dover edition (with "Bibliographical Note" by Saul Novack): [https://books.google.be/books?id=Z3P4b_NnNLAC Vol. 1 (Book I–III)]
Further reading- {{de icon}} Wolfgang Sandberger. [https://books.google.be/books?id=sIV9AvAFjPwC Das Bach-Bild Philipp Spittas: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Bach-Rezeption im 19. Jahrhundert.] Vol. 39 of Beihefte zum Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, ISSN 0570-6769. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1997. {{ISBN|9783515070089}}
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