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Riemenschneider Bach Institute

The Riemenschneider Bach Institute

The Riemenschneider Bach Institute is a world-renowned Bach Center: 

 

  • Guardian of priceless Bach-related manuscripts and first editions 
  • Publisher of BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, with subscribers in approximately 30 countries, features articles written by international Bach scholars (see link to the left).
  • Facilities include a research library, vault (for the manuscripts and rare books), staff offices, and listening room.
  • Acts as the research arm for the annual Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival, the oldest collegiate Bach Festival in the United States.  Dr. Melvin Unger, Director                                                                           [Bach Crest above:  handmade latch hook hanging by Susan Riemenschneider, 1979]

 

Located in Merner-Pfeiffer on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.


HOURS:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday  9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  Fall and Spring Semesters (appointment only between semesters)

bachinst@bw.edu (Library and Journal)                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                           Bach Insitute during Bach Festival in April.