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BW's Riemenschneider Bach Institute turns 50
A
musical
treasure
trove
on
the
campus
of
Baldwin
Wallace
University
turns
50
this
year
and
BW's
Conservatory
of
Music
is
planning
a
series
of
events
to
draw
attention
to
and
grow
the
impact
of
the
Riemenschneider
Bach
Institute
(RBI).
The RBI houses such rare items as manuscripts in the hand of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms' own rehearsal score of his "A German Requiem," a set of partbooks for Renaissance motets and Jerome Robbins' personal script for "Gypsy."
Celebrating Bach Connections
The
2019-20
golden
anniversary
celebration,
which
marks
the
Institute's
founding
in
1969
and
the
launch
of
"BACH:
Journal
of
the
Riemenschneider
Bach
Institute"
a
year
later,
includes
lectures
and
concerts
on
the
theme
"Bach
&
..."
which
connect
Bach
to
another
strand
of
music
history.
The October 4 kickoff, "Bach & Beyond," features BW's Symphonic Wind Ensemble playing both Bach and cutting-edge music of today.
"Other events will connect Bach to music of the world, to his predecessors, to his admirers in the Romantic period, to innovative research in computer science and music, and more," explains Dr. Christina Fuhrmann, editor of the Bach journal.
"Each event will highlight the RBI's holdings," Fuhrmann continues, "including our 50-plus editions of Bach's 'Well-Tempered Clavier,' Robert and Clara Schumann's collection of Bach's works with their own annotations and our signed copy of César Franck's violin sonata."
The
festivities
will
culminate
with
BW's
88th
annual
Bach
Festival.
The
2020
edition
of
the
nation's
oldest
collegiate
Bach
festival
will
include
a
performance
of
Bach's
Cantata
No.
174,
showcasing
one
of
the
RBI's
prized
possessions:
parts
of
the
composition
written
in
Bach's
own
hand.
The
Festival
will
also
offer
the
world
premiere
of
a
Bach-inspired
composition
by
the
winner
of
the
RBI
50
Commission
Contest:
Dr.
James
Primosch.
Deeper roots, greater future potential
While
the
RBI
is
turning
50,
the
roots
of
the
collection
can
be
traced
back
to
1898
and
the
founding
of
BW's
Conservatory
of
Music
by
student
Albert
Riemenschneider.
He
and
his
wife,
Selma
(Marting),
the
first
female
Conservatory
graduate,
began
a
personal
collection
of
rare
items
that
they
eventually
donated
to
BW
to
establish
the
RBI.
The anniversary celebration includes a fundraising campaign that will support music scholarship. A generous anonymous donation and a bequest from the estate of Dorinda Hawk '58 have already launched an ambitious expansion of the RBI Scholars program, but the Institute is brimming with additional untapped potential.
"Our goal is to grow our collection of rare items; expand access to this collection with more resources for digitization, cataloging and displaying our items; and host more lectures and concerts that bring our collections to life," said Fuhrmann.
"We have a wealth of resources in the RBI that we want to share - everything from Bach to American hymnody, Beethoven symphonies, musical theatre, and much more," added BW Conservatory of Music Dean Susan Van Vorst. "We invite our friends and music patrons to help us reimagine and reinvigorate the RBI for the next 50 years."
Visit the RBI
The RBI welcomes visitors. Contact BW Conservatory librarian Paul Cary at (440) 826-8074 or pcary@bw.edu to schedule a tour, start a research project or schedule a class visit.
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