Widor on Organ Performance Practice and Technique
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2019
168 pages
978-1-78744-505-5 (ISBN)
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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.
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Widor on Organ Performance Practice and Technique
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05/2019
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JOHN R. NEAR is Professor Emeritus of Music at Principia College, Elsah, IL.
JOHN R. NEAR is Professor Emeritus of Music at Principia College, Elsah, IL.
Content
Introduction: "You know Bach, you know all"
PART 1. BACKGROUND
"Art does not know the absolute"
"The art of organ playing has not changed at all since Johann Sebastian Bach"
"In France we have neglected performance much too much in favor of improvisation"
PART 2. MAXIMS
Excerpts from Widor's Preface to Jean-Sébastien Bach-Ouvres complètes pour orgue, Vols. 1-4, and Correlative Commentary
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Phrasing
Registration
The Use of the Manuals
Changing Manuals
Appendix 1: Symphonies pour orgue
Appendix 2: Technique de l'orchestre moderne
Appendix 3: Initiation musicale
Appendix 4: L'orgue moderne; La décadence dans la facture contemporaine
Appendix 5: Widor's Own Performance Indications in the Symphonie gothique
Bibliography
PART 1. BACKGROUND
"Art does not know the absolute"
"The art of organ playing has not changed at all since Johann Sebastian Bach"
"In France we have neglected performance much too much in favor of improvisation"
PART 2. MAXIMS
Excerpts from Widor's Preface to Jean-Sébastien Bach-Ouvres complètes pour orgue, Vols. 1-4, and Correlative Commentary
Pace
Phrasing
Registration
The Use of the Manuals
Changing Manuals
Appendix 1: Symphonies pour orgue
Appendix 2: Technique de l'orchestre moderne
Appendix 3: Initiation musicale
Appendix 4: L'orgue moderne; La décadence dans la facture contemporaine
Appendix 5: Widor's Own Performance Indications in the Symphonie gothique
Bibliography
