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Abell, Arthur. Talks with Great Composers. New York: Philosophical Library, 1955.

Altmann, Wilhelm, ed. Johannes Brahms im Briefwechsel mit Karl Reinthaler, Max Bruch, Hermann Deiters, Friedr. Heimsoeth, Karl Reinecke, Ernst Rudorff, Bernhard und Luise Scholz. Berlin: Deutschen Brahms-Gesellschaft, 1908.

Baur, Uwe. Max Bruch und Koblenz (1865-1867): eine Dokumentation, Schott Musikwissenschaft: Beiträge zur mittelrheinischen Musikgeshichte, 0522-6937, vol. 34. Mainz: Schott, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130).

Börner, Christa. "Bibliographie des Schrifttums über Max Bruch." In Max Bruch-Studien zum 50. Todestag des Komponisten, Beiträge zur rheinishcen Musikgeschichte, vol. 87, ed. Dietrich Kämper, 148-61. Cologne: Arno Volk, 1970.

Fellerer, Karl. Max Bruch: 1838-1920, Beiträge zur rheinishcen Musikgeschichte, vol. 103. Cologne: Arno Volk, 1970.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fifield, Christopher. Max Bruch: His Life and Works. London: Gollancz, 1988.

Fifield, Christopher. "The Unknown Bruch." Strad (August 1989): 656-659.

Bruch actually composed nine works for violin and orchestra. In this article, Christopher Fifield discusses those less well-known than the famous Violin Concerto in G Minor."

Gysi, Fritz. Max Bruch: 110 Neujahrsblatt der allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft in Zürich. Zürich: Orell Füssli, 1922.

Kämper, Dietrich, ed. Max Bruch Studien, zum 50. Todestag des Komponisten, Beiträge zur rheinischen Musikgeschichte, vol. 87. Cologne: Arno Volk, 1970.

Includes selected letters by M. Bruch and a "Bibliographie des Schriftums über Max Bruch" by Christa Börner: pp. 148-161.

Kämper, Dietrich. "Schicksal eines Autographs: Max Bruchs g-moll-Violinkonzert in den USA wiederaufgetaucht." Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 134/10 (1973): 169.

Kretschmar, Hermann. Führer durch den Konzertsaal. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1890.

Kruse, Joseph. "Das Heinrich-Heine-Institut: Geschichte und Bestand", Forum Musikbibliothek: Beitrage und Informationen aus der musikbibliothekarischen Praxis. issue 1, 1995, p. ???.

The Heinrich-Heine-Institut, Dusseldorf, includes an outstanding Robert Schumann collection, autographs, letters, and other documents pertaining to Norbert Burgmuller, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Brahms, Ferdinand Hiller, Joseph Joachim, Max Bruch, and Jurg Baur.

Lauth, Wilhelm. "Entstehung und Geschichte des ersten Violinkonzerts op. 26 von Max Bruch." In Max Bruch Studien, zum 50. Todestag des Komponisten, Beiträge zur rheinishcen Musikgeschichte, vol. 87, ed. Dietrich Kämper, 57-66. Cologne: Arno Volk, 1970.

Lauth, Wilhelm. Max Bruchs Instrumentalmusik, Beiträge zur rheinishcen Musikgeschichte, vol. 68. Cologne: Arno Volk, 1967.

Bibliography: pp. 136-145

Lochner, Louis. Fritz Kreisler. London: Rockliff, 1950.

Niemoller, Klaus Wolfgang. "Bruch--Joachim--Sarasate: Ein neue autographe Quelle zum Solo-Violinpart der Schottischen Fantasie op. 46 von Max Bruch" [Bruch--Joachim--Sarasate: A new autograph source on the solo violin part of the Schottische Fantasie, op. 46, by Max Bruch]. In Festschrift Klaus Hortschansky zum 60. Geburtstag Tutzing. Germany: Schneider, 1995, 477-96. [contains facsimiles]

The history of the MS of the solo violin part in Max Bruch's Fantasie unter freier Benutzung schottischer Volksmelodien (Die schottische Fantasie) is told here. It belonged for a time to the Parisian pianist Otto Goldschmidt (Pablo de Sarasate's manager, secretary, and accompanist from 1877 to 1908). Though Bruch early on sought Sarasate's in working out performance indications in the solo violin part, it was Joachim to whom he later turned and who gave the fantasy its first public performance, in Liverpool on 22 January 1881. The MS contains insertions and alterations by Joachim as well as other markings by Sarasate.

Pfitzner, Hans. Meine Beziehungen zu Max Bruch: persönliche Erinnerungen an den Komponisten, Originalbriefe von diesem, Bericht über meine Aufführungen von dessen Oper "Die Loreley," sowie Gedanken über die Romantische Oper überhaupt. Munich: A. Langen, G. Müller, 1938.

Riederer-Sitte, Petra, ed. Briefe an Laura und Rudolf von Beckerath, Musik-Kultur (Robert Schumann-Hochchule Düsseldorf), vol. 1. Essen: Blaue Eule, 1997.

"Werkregister": pp. 183.

Saint-Saëns, Camille. Portraits et Souvenirs. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1909.

Salmenhaara, Erkki. "Ernst Mielck: Max Bruch's favourite pupil", Finnish music quarterly. v. 10 issue 1, 1994.

Ernst Mielck (1877-99, Finland) was a pianist and composer of concertos and orchestral works. He died prematurely at the age of 22.

Schwarzer, Matthias. Die Oratorien von Max Bruch: eine Quellenstudie, Beiträge zur rheinishcen Musikgeschichte, vol. 141. Kassel: Merseburger, 1988.

Speyer, Edward. My Life and Friends. London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1937.

Stanford, Sir Charles V. Pages from an Unwritten Diary. London: Arnold, 1914.

Steinert, Daniel A. "Max Bruch's dramatic cantata on Friedrich Schiller's poem, Das Lied von der Glocke: A conductor's analysis for performance." DMA doc., U. of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1995.

Swalin, Benjamin F. The Violin Concerto: A Study in German Romanticism. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1941.

Vick, Bingham Lafayette. "The Five Oratorios of Max Bruch." Ph.D. diss., Northwestern University, 1977.

Wood, Thomas. "Concerto for Violin in G Minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch: A Critical Edition." D.M.A. diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992. [contains facsimiles, discography]

"A discussion of the inaccuracies in the editions of Bruch's concerto in G minor for violin and orchestra, op. 26. Even Peters Edition 1494 (ca. 1900), which claims to have been based on revisions approved by the composer, not only diverges from the autograph MS, but also fails to document or discuss the circumstances under which the composer was allegedly consulted. A critical scholarly edition of the work that considers original sources and the composer's role in the production of the first editions is offered. All discrepancies between the adopted text and original sources are cited, and a discography is given." Dissertation Number: UMI DA9221945 (author)