![]() ![]() David), and his practical and critical editions of the ST. His editions and studies of Bach's life and works, most notably the documentary biography THE BACH READER (1945, with Hans T. Mendel published studies on the history of musical pitch and the rhythmic structure of Renaissance and Baroque music. ![]() He was a member of the editorial boards of the Neue Bach - Ausgabe and the new Josquin edition. He was appointed professor of music at Princeton University (1952), where he was departmental chairman (1952-1967), and held the Henry Putnam University Professorship from 1969 until his retirement in 1973. ![]() In the late 1940s Mendel gained recognition as a musicologist. He taught at the Dalcroze School of Music and the Diller - Quaile School in New York (1938-1950), serving as president of the former (1947-1950). From 1936 to 1953 he conducted the Cantata Singers, one of the first groups in the USA to give authentic performances of Baroque music. Schirmer (1930-1938), editor of the American Musicological Society's journal (1940-1943), and editor for Associated Music Publishers (1941-1947). He was music critic of THE NATION (1930-1933), literary editor for G. 1925), Mendel went to Paris, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger (1925-1927). After graduation from Harvard University (B.A. ![]()
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