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Arthur Mendel was an American musicologist. His editions and studies of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and works, and his editions of Bach's St. John Passion, brought him recognition as the foremost American Bach scholar of his day.

Education
Born in Boston, he graduated from Harvard University in 1925 before going to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. ==Career==
Career
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). He also conducted the Cantata Singers in New York and taught at the Dalcroze School of Music and the Diller-Quaile School. For 31 years, Mendel taught at Princeton University. == Literary works ==
Literary works
• music critic at The Nation (1930–1933) • editor of "The Bach Reader", 1945 (with H. T. David) • Studies in the History of Musical Pitch, 1968 • With Nathan Broder, translator of Mozart: His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein • Translator of 'Mozart's Choice of Keys' by Alfred Einstein ==References==
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