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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Near, John Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2019.
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