The Organ Works of Bach
Author: Hermann Keller
Publisher: New York : C. F. Peters Corporation
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 328
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Author: Hermann Keller
Publisher: New York : C. F. Peters Corporation
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-12-11
Total Pages: 637
ISBN-13: 0521814162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a completely revised 2003 edition of volumes I and II of The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (1980), a bestselling title, which has subsequently become a classic text. This edition takes account of Bach scholarship of the 25 years prior to publication. Peter Williams's piece-by-piece commentary puts the musical sources of the organ works in context, describing the form and content of each work and relating them to other music, German and non-German. He summarises the questions about the history, authenticity, chronology, function and performance of each piece, and points out important details of style and musical quality. The study follows the order of the Bach catalogue (BWV), beginning with the sonatas, then the 'free works', followed by chorales and ending with the doubtful works, including the 'newly discovered chorales' of 1985.
Author: George B. Stauffer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2024-05-16
Total Pages: 649
ISBN-13: 0197661203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the obituary that appeared soon after his death, Johann Sebastian Bach was described as "the world-famous organist" and "the greatest organist...we have ever had." In Hamburg, Dresden, and other big cities, Bach dazzled audiences with his organ playing, performing passages with his feet that many thought impossible for the hands. One eyewitness declared that he had never seen anything like it. His extant organ works--more than 250 chorale settings and free pieces--are filled with bold, dramatic passages and fully independent pedal parts. They represent the most important body of music in the organ repertoire and the only genre that Bach turned to continuously throughout his life, from his earliest efforts as a teenager in Ohrdruf to his final deathbed revisions as a cantor in Leipzig. In this new survey, leading musicologist George B. Stauffer traces the evolution of Bach's organ works within the broad spectrum of his development as a composer. With detailed discussions of the individual pieces, the book shows how Bach initially drew on contemporary models from Germany and France before evolving a personal idiom based on the concertos of Antonio Vivaldi. In Leipzig, he went still further, synthesizing national and historical styles to produce cosmopolitan masterpieces that exude sophistication and elegance. Serving as a backdrop to this growth was the emergence of the Central German pre-Romantic organ, which inspired Bach to write pieces with unique chamber-music, choral, and orchestral qualities. Stauffer follows these developments step-by-step, showing how Bach's unending quest for novelty, innovation, and refinement resulted in organ works that continue to reward and awe listeners today.
Author: Markus Zepf
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2012-04-02
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0252078454
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Published in cooperation with the American Bach Society."
Author: George B. Stauffer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2000-05-22
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780253213860
DOWNLOAD EBOOK" . . . a valuable book of scholarly yet highly readable studies . . . every organist and anyone interested in the music of J. S. Bach should have it." —Early Keyboard Journal " . . . a very perceptive and informative guide . . . " —Early Music " . . . this book is a must." —The American Organist " . . . invaluable and entertaining . . . " —American Music Teacher " . . . among the most important and accomplished studies on eighteenth-century performance. Its comprehensiveness, clarity, and scholarship make it indispensable." —Performance Practice Review In J. S. Bach as Organist, specialists from six countries explore Bach's relationship to his favorite instrument during all periods of his career. J. S. Bach as Organist is a book for scholars, performers, and students. Authoritative and wide-ranging.
Author: Harvey Grace
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Published: 1951
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 5884642857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Published: 1912
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Russell Stinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 019991723X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn J. S. Bach at His Royal Instrument, author Russell Stinson delves into various unexplored aspects of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Drawing on previous research and new archival sources, he sheds light on many of the most mysterious aspects of these masterpieces, and their reception, and shows how they have remained a fixture of Western culture for nearly three hundred years.
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 146
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Quentin Faulkner
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9781881162278
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