Playing the Organ Works of César Franck
Playing the Organ Works of César Franck

Author: Rollin Smith

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780945193791

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A companion to the author's Toward and Authentic Interpretation of the Organ Works of César Franck, this title applies the sources discussed in that volume in its practical approach to performance. Each of Franck's twelve major organ works is discussed in detail: the manuscript, the work's history and association with Franck and his circle, published editions, corrections to the 1959 Durand edition, and recorded performances. Technical problems are discussed and solutions provided. A glossary of terms found in Franck's organ works is provided with English translation; Franck's often confusing registration indications are translated and explained; performance of each work is discussed in light of the information provided by Franck's own pupils, their students and contemporaries. A bibliography of Franck literature published from 1983 to 1996 is also included.

L'Organiste
L'Organiste

Author: C̩sar Franck

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1999-12-21

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781457479298

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The collection of 59 short works known as "L'Organiste" was written by Cesar Franck in 1889 and 1890 for the harmonium and is most often played on organ. This score is an exact reprint of the original edition published by Enoch (Paris) in 1892.

Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16

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Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 1985-03

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780769240985

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The six "Musical Moments" Opus 16 are a set of separate solo works for piano composed by Rachmaninoff in 1896. They present forms characteristic of previous musical eras, such as nocturne, song without words, barcarolle, etude, and theme and variations. Titles: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor * No. 2 in E-Flat Minor * No. 3 in B Minor * No. 4 in E Minor * No. 5 in D-Flat Major * No. 6 in C Major.

Debussy and the Veil of Tonality
Debussy and the Veil of Tonality

Author: Mark DeVoto

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781576470909

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This new book on Debussy's music comprises analytical studies of individual works not widely examined previously, including the Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, La demoiselle élue, Nuages, and Gigues. A discussion of the tonal structure of the first movement of La mer finds new relevance in the overused term symphonic in relation to Debussy's position in the history of French orchestral music. An extensive essay documents Debussy's aural images in his propensity for recycling his own musical ideas and quoting the music of other composers. A final lighthearted chapter, Debussy and Ravel: How to Tell Them Apart, systematically addresses this century-old critics' conundrum.

Toward an Authentic Interpretation of the Organ Works of César Franck
Toward an Authentic Interpretation of the Organ Works of César Franck

Author: Rollin Smith

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781576470763

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Franck's twelve major organ works enjoy a popularity which surpasses even that of his Symphony in D Minor. This volume provides a guide to the interpretation of Franck's organ works by examining the extant first-hand references to him as a student, performer, and teacher written by those who knew him, heard him, and studied with him.

Vincent D'Indy and His World
Vincent D'Indy and His World

Author: Andrew Thomson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780198162209

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Over sixty years after his death in 1931, Vincent d'Indy is still a misunderstood and maligned figure in French music. Previous biographers have left a portrait of the academic figure par excellence, who turned the seemingly inspired and selfless inspiration of his master Cesar Franck into a cold and authoritarian pedagogical system. This new study re-examines the evidence. D'Indy is revealed as a much more psychologically complex and turbulent character. A tireless propagandist for the spiritual revival of French musical civilization, he was confronted by the social and intellectual problems of the Third Republic, notably the uneasy position of religious and aesthetic values in modern liberal societies. Andrew Thomson's biography stresses the breadth of d'Indy's interests and preoccupations, and will be of interest to students and devotees of French music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He lays particular emphasis on the importance of general philosophical ideas and literary works in the development of d'Indy's ideas and programmes. This is a significant contribution to the cultural history of the 'Proustian epoque'.