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After a hunt that lasted over twenty years and spanned hundreds of miles, Harvard researchers have re-discovered the long-lost manuscripts of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the second son of composer Johann Sebastian Bach...
...manuscripts, which were discovered hidden away in a Ukrainian state archive in Kiev, contain nearly one hundred pieces of music composed by C.P.E. Bach that have never been performed before, in addition to compositions penned by J.S. Bach and other members of the Bach family...
...When it comes to the study of 18th-century music, you can't have a bigger find," said Mason Professor of Music Christoph J. Wolff, a Bach scholar whose queries eventually brought the documents to the surface. "Particularly as pertains to the Bach family, it's absolutely crucial...
...description of one of the items in the report caught Grimsted's eye, since it roughly matched the description of the missing Bach archive. Shortly thereafter, Grimsted said, a Ukranian...
...balance in 1991, when the board of education cut funding for arts and music instruction, and Roberta lost her job. In response, she founded the nonprofit Opus 118 Music Center and recruited 14 of the world's top violinists, among them Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern, to play Bach's Double Concerto with her and her students on the stage of Carnegie Hall. Together, they raised more than $300,000 to keep violins in the schools of Harlem. The story inspired an Oscar-winning documentary and The Music of My Heart, a Miramax film starring Meryl Streep, to be released...