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French masters of the organ : Saint-Saëns, Franck, Widor, Vierne, Dupré, Langlais, Messiaen /

This engaging book discusses the colorful personalities and beloved music of the French romantic organist-composers. The book offers to lovers of French music and culture - and especially to student organists - details of these composers' lives and times and of their styles and techniques. Draw...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murray, Michael, 1943 March 19-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998]
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This engaging book discusses the colorful personalities and beloved music of the French romantic organist-composers. The book offers to lovers of French music and culture - and especially to student organists - details of these composers' lives and times and of their styles and techniques. Drawing on his personal acquaintance with Messiaen, Langlais, Dupre, and other famous contemporaries, and on period documents, original accounts, early recordings, and other primary sources, Murray examines the relationship between organ building and musical composition, the nature of romanticism and classicism, and the ever-perplexing question of composer versus interpreter.
Physical Description:1 online resource (245 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.
ISBN:9780300147025
0300147023