Arthur Mendel

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Arthur Mendel (June 6, 1905 – October 14, 1979) was an American musicologist.[1][2] His editions and studies of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and works, and his editions of Bach's St. John Passion (1951, 1974), brought him recognition as the foremost American Bach scholar of his day.[3]

Education

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Born in Boston, he graduated from Harvard University in 1925 before going to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.[1]

Career

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Mendel was an editor at G. Schirmer, Inc. (1930-1938), the journal of the American Musicological Society (1940-1943) and Associated Music Publishers (1941-1943).[4] He also conducted the Cantata Singers in New York and taught at the Dalcroze School of Music and the Diller-Quaile School.[5]

For 31 years, Mendel taught at Princeton University.[1] He was chaired the music department from 1952 to 1967, and subsequently held the Henry Putnam University Professorship from 1969 until he retired in 1973.[4]

He died of leukemia in Newark, New Jersey in 1979.[4][6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Arthur Mendel, Music Professor At Princeton and Expert on Bach". The New York Times. October 18, 1979. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Arthur Mendel". MGG Online (in German).
  3. ^ "Arthur Mendel Papers - Philadelphia Area Archives". findingaids.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  4. ^ a b c d "Arthur Mendel (Conductor, Music Scholar)". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Meredith; Kirkpatrick, Ralph, eds. (2014), "Arthur Mendel", Ralph Kirkpatrick: Letters of the American Harpsichordist and Scholar, Eastman Studies in Music, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 111–111, ISBN 978-1-58046-861-9, retrieved 2025-07-22
  6. ^ Lockwood, Lewis. "Tribute to Arthur Mendel". Early Music (April 1980), p.219.


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