BITTER, Carl Hermann
(*1813)> WRITER
BITTER (Carl Hermann). German writer, Schwedt-on-the-Oder, Feb. 27, 1813. Employed in Government of Prussia. Chiefly known to musicians by his Johann Sebastian Bach, Berlin, 2 vols., 1865; his Carl Philipp Emanuel und Wilhelm Friedeman Bach und deren Brüder, Berlin, 2 vols, 8vo, 1898; and by his organisation of several large musical festivals. Recent publications by Bitter are—Beitrag, zur Geschichte des Oratoriums, Berlin, 1872; and Eine Studie zum Stabat mater. Leipzig, 1883.