The Cambridge Companion To The Organ

Author : Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107494036
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Organ written by Nicholas Thistlethwaite and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions.

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion the the Organ written by Nicholas Thistlethwaite and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James McGilvray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521784313
Total Pages : 356 pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky written by James McGilvray and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Kenneth Hamilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139825755
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Liszt written by Kenneth Hamilton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides an up-to-date view of the music of Franz Liszt, its contemporary context and performance practice, written by some of the leading specialists in the field of nineteenth-century music studies. Although a core of Liszt's piano music has always maintained a firm hold on the repertoire, his output was so vast, influential and multi-faceted that scholarship too has taken some time to assimilate his achievement. This book offers students and music lovers some of the latest views in an accessible form. Katharine Ellis, Alexander Rehding and James Deaville present the biographical and intellectual aspects of Liszt's legacy, Kenneth Hamilton, James Baker and Anna Celenza give a detailed account of Liszt's piano music - including approaches to performance - Monika Hennemann discusses Liszt's Lieder, and Reeves Shulstad and Dolores Pesce survey his orchestral and choral music.

Author : Daniel M. Grimley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139827081
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Elgar written by Daniel M. Grimley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Elgar occupies a pivotal place in the British cultural imagination. His music has been heard as emblematic of Empire and the English landscape. The recent success of Anthony Payne's elaboration of the sketches for Elgar's Third Symphony has prompted a critical revaluation of his music. This Companion provides an accessible and vivid account of Elgar's work in its historical and cultural context. Established authorities on British music and scholars new in the field examine Elgar's music from a range of critical perspectives, including nationalism, post-colonialism, decadence, reception and musical influences. There are also chapters on interpretation, including his own (Elgar was the first major composer to commit a representative quantity of his own work to record), and on Elgar's relationships with the BBC and with his publishers. The book includes much new material, drawing on original research, as well as providing a comprehensive introduction to Elgar's major musical achievements.

Author : Christopher S. Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136497897
Total Pages : 436 pages
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Download or read book Twentieth-Century Organ Music written by Christopher S. Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores twentieth-century organ music through in-depth studies of the principal centers of composition, the most significant composers and their works, and the evolving role of the instrument and its music. The twentieth-century was a time of unprecedented change for organ music, not only in its composition and performance but also in the standards of instrument design and building. Organ music was anything but immune to the complex musical, intellectual, and socio-political climate of the time. Twentieth-Century Organ Music examines the organ's repertory from the entire period, contextualizing it against the background of important social and cultural trends. In a collection of twelve essays, experienced scholars survey the dominant geographic centers of organ music (France, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the United States, and German-speaking countries) and investigate the composers who made important contributions to the repertory (Reger in Germany, Messiaen in France, Ligeti in Eastern and Central Europe, Howells in Great Britain). Twentieth-Century Organ Music provides a fresh vantage point from which to view one of the twentieth century's most diverse and engaging musical spheres.

Author : David Rowland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521479868
Total Pages : 268 pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Piano written by David Rowland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.

Author : Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521663649
Total Pages : 616 pages
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Download or read book The Making of the Victorian Organ written by Nicholas Thistlethwaite and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-26 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important 1990 book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history.

Author : Jon Gillock
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253353734
Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book Performing Messiaen's Organ Music written by Jon Gillock and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gillock supplies details about the organ at La Trinité in Paris, the instrument for which most of Messiaen's pieces were imagined.

Author : John Butt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107493773
Total Pages : 342 pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Bach written by John Butt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-26 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Bach, first published in 1997, goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. The second part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style, while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great composer.