New Bach Society

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New Bach Society eV
(NBG)
purpose Promotion of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Chair: Christfried Brödel
Establishment date: 1900
Number of members: 3,145 (Dec 31, 2008)
Seat : Leipzig
Website: www.neue-bachgesellschaft.de

The New Bach Society (NBG) is a registered association founded on January 27, 1900 in Leipzig with international membership for the maintenance, dissemination and scientific development of Johann Sebastian Bach's music . The association realizes its purposes in particular through annual Bach festivals , the publication of the Bach yearbook , through its Bachhaus Eisenach museum , through its Bach academies in Eastern Europe and through the Johann Sebastian Bach Foundation which it established.

organization

Today the NBG is an international association with 3145 members (as of 2009). The first chairman is the church musician Christfried Brödel (Dresden), the second chairman is the Kreuzkantor Roderich Kreile (Dresden). The seat of the association is the house of the church in Burgstrasse. 1–5 (Am Thomaskirchhof), Leipzig. The general meetings take place at the company's annual Bach festivals.

history

Prehistory and foundation

The NBG is the ideal successor to the Bach Society , which was founded in 1850 a. a. by Robert Schumann , Franz Liszt , Otto Jahn , Ignaz Moscheles , Carl von Winterfeld , Louis Spohr , Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn , Carl Ferdinand Becker and Moritz Hauptmann . Her goal was to publish all of Johann Sebastian Bach's works. In 1899 the last volume of this Bach Complete Edition was published. In the final report of this last volume, the editor Hermann Kretzschmar emphasized that it is not enough to present the works of old masters in critical new editions; their music must also be practically disseminated. He called for the establishment of a new company with this purpose.

According to its statutes, the Bach Society dissolved at its meeting on January 27, 1900. At the same meeting, the New Bach Society was then constituted from the members of the Bach Society present. In addition to Hermann Kretzschmar, they included the owner of Breitkopf & Härtel, Oskar von Hase, as well as Martin Blumner , Siegfried Ochs , Joseph Joachim , Franz Wüllner and Thomaskantor Gustav Schreck .

development

The New Bach Society escaped the integration into a Nazi cultural organization demanded by radical members at the 21st Bach Festival in Bremen in 1934 through a tactical amendment to the statutes that curtailed their members' powers of participation.

During the time of the division of Germany, the Neue Bachgesellschaft continued to exist undivided, from June 25, 1962, with equal east-west occupation of management positions. General meetings took place at Bach festivals, which were held annually alternately in the Federal Republic and the GDR . The fact that the NBG could not be split in a divided Germany was due, among other things, to the commitment of Hans Pischner .

During the period of uncertainty about the continued existence of the NBG, the International Bach Society with its headquarters in Schaffhausen was founded in 1946 under the honorary presidency of NBG member Albert Schweitzer .

The American section of the NBG split off from the NBG in 1972 in view of the political difficulties in Germany and founded the American Bach Society .

Like the Goethe Society, the Neue Bachgesellschaft is one of the few civil associations dating from the imperial period that have continued to exist today.

people

NBG chairman since 1900:

In its history, the management bodies of the NBG have included the following persons (alphabetically, with the length of their work for the NBG):

activities

Bach festivals

The NBG is best known for its regular Bach festivals at different locations in Germany, and occasionally in other European countries. The (first) event of regular Bach festivals was the original idea of ​​the founding member of the NBG, Hermann Kretzschmar , who was inspired by the Bach festivals that lasted several days in London (1895) and the inauguration of the Eisenach Bach monument (1884). He demanded that works of Bach that remained unknown be presented at the NBG Bach festivals and that pending questions about Bach's work and its performance be discussed. These Bach festivals should become the "center and gathering point for all Bach admirers".

The NBG Bach festivals initially took place every two years, later annually. The Reichsbachfest , which was celebrated in 1935 on Bach's 250th birthday in Leipzig (there with the participation of the NBG), but also in other cities in Germany throughout the year, and whose events were also broadcast via radio, brought a boost in popularity . While in the early years a committee of the NBG took over the organization and the financing, today the role of the NBG is limited to the ideal sponsorship for locally supported and organized events of about 5 to 14 days duration, provided that these comply with the guidelines of the company suffice. The NBG's "wandering" Bach festivals stimulated the development of local Bach festival traditions, including the Ansbach Bach Week (since 1947), the Würzburg Bach Days (since 1969) and the Leipzig Bach Festival (annually since 1999).

Since its foundation, the NBG Bach festivals have taken place or are being planned at the following locations:

1. 1901 Berlin 17th 1929 Leipzig 37. 1961 Essen 57. 1982 Würzburg 77. 2002 Greifswald
2. 1904 Leipzig 18. 1930 Kiel 38. 1962 Leipzig 58th 1983 Graz 78th 2003 Frankfurt (Oder)
3. 1907 Eisenach 19. 1932 Heidelberg 39. 1964 Weimar 59. 1984 Kassel 79. 2004 Hamburg
4. 1908 Chemnitz 20. 1933 Cologne 40. 1965 Hamburg 60. 1985 Leipzig 80. 2005 Leipzig
5. 1910 Duisburg 21st 1934 Bremen 41. 1966 Leipzig 61. 1986 Duisburg 81. 2006 Aschaffenburg
k 1911 Eisenach 22. 1935 Leipzig 42. 1967 Wuppertal 62. 1987 Prague 82nd 2007 Freiberg (Saxony)
6. 1912 Breslau 23. 1936 Koenigsberg (Pr.) 43. 1968 Dresden 63. 1988 Strasbourg 83. 2008 Salzburg
k 1913 Eisenach 24. 1937 Magdeburg 44. 1969 Heidelberg 64.1989 Leipzig 84. 2009 Mühlhausen (Thuringia)
7. 1914 Vienna 25. 1938 Leipzig 45. 1970 Leipzig 65. 1990 Munich 85. 2010 Leipzig
k 1917 Eisenach 26. 1939 Bremen 46th 1971 Bremen 66. 1991 Berlin 86th 2011 Wetzlar
8th 1920 Leipzig 27. 1950 Leipzig 47. 1972 Leipzig 67. 1992 Braunschweig 87th 2012 Görlitz
9. 1921 Hamburg 28th 1951 Bremen 48. 1973 Nuremberg 68. 1993 Bremen 88. 2013 Detmold
10. 1922 Breslau 29th 1952 Lübeck 49. 1974 Frankfurt (Oder) 69. 1994 Leipzig 89. 2014 Weimar
11th 1923 Leipzig 30. 1953 Leipzig 50. 1975 Leipzig 70th 1995 Rostock 90th 2015 Leipzig
12. 1924 Stuttgart 31. 1954 Ansbach 51st 1976 Berlin (West) 71. 1996 Freiburg i.Br. 91st 2016 Dresden
13. 1925 Essen 32. 1955 Leipzig 52. 1977 Schwerin 72nd 1997 Frankfurt a. M. 92. 2017 Ansbach
k 1925 Koethen 33. 1956 Lüneburg 53. 1978 Marburg 73. 1998 Koethen 93. 2018 Tübingen
14th 1926 Berlin 34. 1957 Eisenach 54. 1979 Bratislava 74th 1999 Cologne 94th 2019 Rostock
15. 1927 Munich 35. 1958 Stuttgart 55. 1980 Mainz 75. 2000 Leipzig
16. 1928 Kassel 36. 1959 Mühlhausen (Thür.) 56. 1981 Leipzig 76 2001 Eisenach

  k = so-called "small Bach festival" of shortened duration

Bach yearbook

In addition to the Bach festivals, the publication of the Bach yearbook is another project of the NBG that is laid down in its statutes. Since its first publication in 1904, it has developed into one of the most respected periodicals of international Bach research under the editorship of Bach researchers such as Arnold Schering , Alfred Dürr , Hans-Joachim Schulze , Christoph Wolff and Peter Wollny .

Bach House Eisenach

The Bachhaus Eisenach and its collections have been part of the NBG projects set out in its statutes since 1907. After the old Thomas School in Leipzig was demolished in 1902 and the threat of the sale and demolition of the Frauenplan 21 house in Eisenach , which at that time was thought to be the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach, Siegfried Ochs made the appeal at the NBG's 2nd Bach Festival in Leipzig in 1904 to the members to campaign for the purchase of the house and to set up a Bach museum in it. After receipt of the proceeds from benefit concerts by Joseph Joachim and Georg Schumann , for example, as well as donations from Kaiser Wilhelm II , the Leipzig music publishers Breitkopf & Härtel and CF Peters and numerous private individuals, the purchase agreement was signed on May 15, 1905. On May 27, 1907, the Bachhaus Eisenach was opened as the first museum for Johann Sebastian Bach.

Initially, the Bachhaus was operated directly by the NBG and acted as their second office next to the Leipzig club headquarters. Under political pressure, the Bachhaus was taken over by the Wartburgstadt council from 1972 until the end of the GDR (while preserving the ownership of the NBG). Since July 5th 2001 the Bachhaus has been operated by the Bachhaus Eisenach non-profit GmbH , of which the NBG is the sole shareholder.

The Bachhaus Eisenach was structurally expanded several times, most recently in 2007. Today, with around 60,000 visitors annually, after the Beethovenhaus in Bonn, it is the most visited musicians' museum in Germany and shows around 250 original objects on the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach on 600 m².

Bach Academy of the NBG in Eastern Europe

The NBG organizes the NBG Bach Academy in Eastern Europe at irregular intervals . On this, young Eastern European musicians should be familiarized with works by Bach and the corresponding performance practice. It took place seven times in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) from 1990 to 1998 and three times in Donetsk (Ukraine) from 1990 to 1998 with the technical support of its members and financial support from the Goethe Institute and the Standing Conference on Central German Baroque Music (MBM) . As a result of the Bach Academies in Romania, the Romanian Bach Society Societatea Bach , based in Bucharest , was founded on April 5, 1998 under the patronage of the NBG . The Bach academies in Donetsk are organized in cooperation with the Bach Society of Ukraine based in Donetsk, which is a member of the NBG.

Johann Sebastian Bach Foundation

On May 20, 2011, the Neue Bachgesellschaft established the Johann Sebastian Bach Foundation in Leipzig and provided it with a base of 60,000 euros. The first chairman of the foundation was the then NBG chairman Martin Petzoldt , members of the foundation's board of trustees include Ludwig Güttler and the long-time director of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart, Andreas Keller.

The goals of the foundation are to support the NBG in their projects, for example to support the Bach House in Eisenach , and to promote young musicians. From the freely available foundation capital, the Johann Sebastian Bach Foundation provided prize money of 10,000 euros in July 2012 for the first prize of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in the organ category.

literature

  • Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Contributions to their history. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-374-01927-7
  • Neue Bachgesellschaft eV: newsletter . 1976 (1) -. ISSN  1015-1877

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neue Bachgesellschaft eV: Mitteilungsblatt, No. 65 (Winter 2009/2010), p. 9.
  2. ↑ Cf. on the history of the Rudolf Eller Association: The New Bach Society - Continuity and Changes. In: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 9-47.
  3. ↑ See Jörg Hansen, Gerald Vogt: Blood and Spirit - Bach, Mendelssohn and their music in the Third Reich. Bachhaus, Eisenach 2009. ISBN 978-3-932257-06-3 , p. 18. On the events at the Bremen Bach Festival, more on Maria Hübner: The prevented speech of Hans Franck in 1934. In: Rudolf Eller (ed.): 100 years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 91-99.
  4. ↑ On this and to enable travel for NBG members see Lars Klingenberg: The NBG in the time of the German division. In: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 101-113.
  5. ↑ Jan Brachmann: With mild dissonances. Music in the game of power: on the death of Hans Pischner. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 18, 2016, p. 13.
  6. ↑ Cf. Diethard Hellmann: New Bach Society and International Bach Society. In: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. P. 131–133: “The relationship between the New Bach Society and the International Bach Society was not always free of tension (...). Even though the New Bach Society has its only seat in Leipzig again, the existence of the International Bach Society, even if it was initially founded out of time-related necessity, has not become 'superfluous' even after more than fifty years of its existence. "(Pp. 132-133 ).
  7. ↑ See History of the American Bach Society , last accessed on September 25, 2012.
  8. ↑ For a complete list see: The governing bodies of the New Bach Society. In: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 139-146.
  9. ↑ See the final report on the Bach Complete Edition by Hermann Kretzschmar: The Bach Society. Report on behalf of the directorate. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1899, p. 46: “Today the further fate of a large part of Bach's art lies in the insight and zeal of their special friends; still with a minority. The best way to make up for what is missing, to supplement and complete the practical effect of the Bach edition: the establishment of regular Bach festivals. The previous history of Bach's works shows such festivals, even on the master's two-hundredth birthday, only as exceptions and in a modest manner. They were only tried on a larger scale in London (1895) and at the inauguration of the Bach monument in Eisenach (1884). (...) Eisenach, Bach's hometown, Leipzig, where he worked, Berlin, Frankfurt, Breslau, where the Bach movement began, would be the places for such festivals. Our final word is the request and advice: to let the old Bach Society, which hereby concludes its activity, be followed by a new one, which, where there are still gaps, translates the work of the predecessor into practice and ensures a lively future for Bach's works! '“
  10. ↑ On the origin of the Bach Festival cf. Rudolf Eller: The New Bach Society - Continuity and Changes. In: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 9-47 (11-12).
  11. ↑ On this Rudolf Eller: The New Bach Society - Continuity and Changes. In: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 9-47 (22-23). Next Ingeborg Allihn: “Rooted in German tribal style” - The Reichs Bach Festival 1935. In: Hans-Joachim Schulze , Ulrich Leisinger , Peter Wollny (eds.): Bach under the dictatorships 1933–1945 and 1945–1989. Bach Archive Leipzig: Leipzig Contributions to Bach Research, 1. Olms, Hildesheim 1995, ISBN 3-487-09974-8 , pp. 199–209. Next Elfie Rembold: The birth of the “German folk soul” from the spirit of German baroque music - The Reichsbach Festival in the music city of Leipzig in 1935. In: Adelheid von Saldern (Ed.): Staged pride. Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-515-08300-3 , pp. 115-146. Finally Jörg Hansen, Gerald Vogt: Blood and Spirit - Bach, Mendelssohn and their Music in the Third Reich. Bachhaus, Eisenach 2009, ISBN 978-3-932257-06-3 , pp. 14-17.
  12. ↑ List of previous Bach festivals neue-bachgesellschaft.de
  13. ↑ For the last Bach Festival and the plans, see Bach festivals neue-bachgesellschaft.de
  14. ↑ See website of the 82nd Bach Festival in Freiberg 2007 , accessed on September 26, 2012.
  15. ↑ See § 5 of the statutes: "The publications of the NBG should include: a) the Bach yearbook [...]" The statutes are linked below as a PDF under Tasks of the New Bach Society .
  16. ↑ Cf. on the history of the Bach yearbook Christoph Wolff: Das Bach-Jahrbuch. In: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 59-63.
  17. ↑ See § 6 of the statutes of the NBG, as of 1907 (printed in Third German Bach Festival for the inauguration of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthplace as a Bach museum, festival and program book. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1907, pp. 8-11) : "The New Bach Society acquires and maintains the house where Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach and founds a museum in this Bach house that collects and preserves everything that concerns Johann Sebastian Bach and his life's work." Articles of Association: “The Bachhaus in Eisenach is the property of the NBG. It is inalienable. ”The statutes are linked below as a PDF under Tasks of the New Bach Society .
  18. ↑ See the collection of funds: New Bach Society: Third German Bach Festival for the inauguration of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthplace as a Bach museum, festival and program book. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1907, pp. 45–50. See on the history of the museum's founding: Claus Oefner : Das Bachhaus Eisenach 1907–2000. in: Rudolf Eller (Ed.): 100 Years of the New Bach Society. Pp. 67-74.
  19. ↑ See the history of the operation of the Bachhaus: Jörg Hansen: 10 Jahre Bachhaus Eisenach gGmbH. An experience report. In: Thüringer Museumshefte, 20, 2011, 1, pp. 48–61.
  20. ↑ See entry Bachhaus Eisenach with the individual references there.
  21. ↑ See Neue Bachgesellschaft e. V .: Bulletin, No. 65 (Winter 2009/2010), p. 11.
  22. ↑ Neue Bachgesellschaft e. V .: Bulletin, No. 43 (December 1998), p. 11.
  23. ↑ Neue Bachgesellschaft e. V .: Bulletin, No. 49 (Winter 2001) pp. 8–9, and Bulletin, No. 54 (Summer 2004) pp. 6–11.
  24. ↑ See NBG press release of April 24, 2012 on the Neue Bachgesellschaft homepage , printed in: Neue Bachgesellschaft e. V .: Bulletin, No. 70 (summer 2012), p. 14.
  25. ↑ Bach Foundation gives 10,000 euros for winners of the nmz.de organ competition , April 24, 2012.