Widor on Organ Performance Practice and Technique /
Widor's pedagogical writings, translated for the first time, offer essential guidance for interpreting his organ compositions as well as those of his followers in the French Romantic organ school.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2019.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Examples; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "You know Bach: you know all"; Part One. Background; 1 "Art does not know the absolute"; 2 "The art of organ playing has not changed at all since Johann Sebastian Bach"; 3 "In France we have neglected performance much too much in favor of improvisation"; Part Two. Maxims; 4 Excerpts fro m Widor's Preface to Jean-Sebastien Bach-OEuvres completes pour orgue, Vols. 1-4, and Correlative Commentary; I. Pace; II. Phrasing; III. Registration; IV. The Use of the Manuals; V. Changing Manuals
- Appendix 1: Symphonies pour orgue, "Avant-propos"Appendix 2: Technique de l'orchestre moderne, "L'orgue"; Appendix 3: Initiation musicale, "L'orgue"; Appendix 4: L'orgue moderne; La decadence dans la facture contemporaine; Appendix 5: Key to Widor's System of Abbreviated Registration, Symphonie gothique, First Movement; Notes; Bibliography; Index