Background
Crist, Stephen Alan was born on April 24, 1957 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Donald Ralph and Eugenia Schultz Crist.
(In "Bach in America", volume 5 of "Bach Perspectives", ni...)
In "Bach in America", volume 5 of "Bach Perspectives", nine scholars track Johann Sebastian Bach's reputation in America from an artist of relative obscurity to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread to all parts of the population, inspired a wealth of scholarship, captivated listeners, and inspired musicians. More than a hundred years passed after Bach's death in 1750 before his music began to be known and appreciated in the United States. Barbara Owen surveys Bach's early reception in America and Matthew Dirst focuses on John Sullivan Dwight's role in advocating Bach's work. Michael Broyles considers the ways Bach's music came to be known in Boston and Mary J. Greer offers a counterpoint in her study of Bach's reception in New York. The volume continues with Hans-Joachim Schulze's essay linking the American descendants of August Reinhold Bach to J. S. Bach through a common sixteenth-century ancestor. Christoph Wolff focuses on Bach's descendants in America, particularly Friederica Sophia Bach, the daughter of Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann. Peter Wollny evaluates several manuscripts not included in Gerhard Herz's study of Bach Sources in America. "Bach in America" concludes with examinations of Bach's considerable influence on American composers. Carol K. Baron compares the music of Bach and Charles Ives and Stephen A. Crist measures Bach's influence on the jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck.
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Crist, Stephen Alan was born on April 24, 1957 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Donald Ralph and Eugenia Schultz Crist.
AB, Harvard University, 1978. Master of Music, University South Florida, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1988.
Instructor musicology New College, Sarasota, Florida, 1983—1986. Assistant professor music Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1986—1990. Assistant professor music history Emory University, Atlanta, 1990—1996, associate professor music history, since 1996, chair music, 2003—2010.
(In "Bach in America", volume 5 of "Bach Perspectives", ni...)
Member of Riemenschneider Bach Institute, Neue Bachgesellschaft, Bach Colloquium, Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship (steering committee since 2002), College Music Society, Bach Colloquium (member program committee since 1999, member organizing committee since 1999), American Musicological Society (chair local arrangements committee 2001), American Bach Society (secretary-treasurer 1996—2000, editorial board since 2003, advisory board since 2010, editorial board since 2003, secretary-treasurer 1996—2000, William H. Scheide Research fellow 1998), Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship.
Married Susan Ann Jesitus, August 19, 1978. Children: Caitlin Nicole Ruth, Hannah Rebecca.